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Gene

DEFB136

defensin beta 136

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8p23.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 11,973,937–11,974,599 (GRCh38)
Exons
2 exons across 0.7 kb
Protein
78 amino acids
Also known as
DEFB137
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000382209.2NM_001033018.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How DEFB136 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where DEFB136 sits. DEFB136 and 16 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 11,474,268 to 12,474,267.Chromosome 88p23.1p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.311.6 Mb11.8 Mb12 Mb12.2 Mb12.4 MbFAM167A: 11,419,202–11,475,908, reverse strandFAM167ABLK: 11,486,894–11,564,599, forward strandBLKGATA4: 11,676,785–11,763,223, forward strandGATA4NEIL2: 11,769,633–11,787,346, forward strandNEIL2FDFT1: 11,795,565–11,846,085, forward strandFDFT1CTSB: 11,842,524–11,911,780, reverse strandCTSBDEFB136: 11,973,937–11,974,599, reverse strandDEFB136DEFB135: 11,982,256–11,984,590, forward strandDEFB135DEFB134: 11,993,174–12,000,752, reverse strandDEFB134DEFB130B: 12,064,389–12,071,747, reverse strandDEFB130BZNF705D: 12,089,338–12,115,516, forward strandZNF705DUSP17L7: 12,132,417–12,134,099, reverse strandUSP17L7USP17L2: 12,136,435–12,138,849, reverse strandUSP17L2DEFB109D: 12,150,888–12,158,033, reverse strandDEFB109DFAM86B1: 12,182,096–12,194,168, reverse strandFAM86B1DEFB130A: 12,310,962–12,318,316, reverse strandDEFB130AFAM86B2: 12,424,408–12,436,408, reverse strandFAM86B2Diagram of DEFB136: 2 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 2: 11,973,937–11,974,118, 182 basesExon 1: 11,974,545–11,974,599, 55 bases215′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 0.2 kb of the gene's 0.7 kb; 237 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). DEFB136 gene: defensin beta 136. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb136

Vancouver

Dante Labs. DEFB136 gene: defensin beta 136 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/defb136

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