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Facts about Beta-defensin 1.
Positively regulates the sperm motility and bactericidal activity in a CCR6-dependent method. Binds to CCR6 and activates Ca2+ mobilization from the sperm which is very important to its motility (PubMed:25122636).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | DEFB1 |
| Uniprot: | P60022 |
| Entrez: | 1672 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| beta-defensin family |

Beta-defensin 1
Mass (kDA):
7.42 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 8p23.1 |
| Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (6870592..6877936, complement) |
Blood plasma. Sperm. Highly expressed in the lower head and midpiece of sperm. Significantly reduced levels found in the sperms of asthenozoospermia and leukocytospermia patients (at protein level).
Secreted. Membrane. Associates with tumor cell membrane-derived microvesicles (PubMed:23938203).


PMID: 9268634 by Liu L., et al. The human beta-defensin-1 and alpha-defensins are encoded by adjacent genes: two peptide families with differing disulfide topology share a common ancestry.
PMID: 9070620 by McCray P.B. Jr., et al. Human airway epithelia express a beta-defensin.
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