DEFA1

DEFA1
Available structures
PDB	Human UniProt search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	2KHT, 2PM1, 3GNY, 3H6C, 3HJ2, 3HJD, 3LO1, 3LO2, 3LO4, 3LO6, 3LO9, 3LOE, 3LVX, 4DU0, 4LB1, 4LB7, 4LBB, 4LBF
Identifiers
Aliases	DEFA1, DEF1, DEFA2, HNP-1, HP-1, HP1, MRS, defensin alpha 1
External IDs	OMIM: 125220; HomoloGene: 128756; GeneCards: DEFA1; OMA:DEFA1 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 8 (human)
End	6,980,092 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	right lung; ; granulocyte; ; monocyte; ; blood; ; bone marrow; ; spleen; ; bone marrow cells; ; upper lobe of left lung; ; Descending thoracic aorta; ; placenta;
	n/a
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Orthologs
	1667
	n/a
	ENSG00000206047; ENSG00000284983
	n/a
	P59665
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	NM_004084
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	NP_001035965; NP_001289194
	n/a
	Wikidata
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Defensin, alpha 1 also known as human alpha defensin 1, human neutrophil peptide 1 (HNP-1) or neutrophil defensin 1 is a human protein that is encoded by the DEFA1 gene. Human alpha defensin 1 belongs to the alpha defensin family of antimicrobial peptides.