Gene Information
Gene NameDEFA4
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length97
Protein NamesDefensin alpha 4 (Corticostatin HP-4) (HNP-4) (HP-4) (Neutrophil defensin 4)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age93 ( ENSG00000164821 )
3 ( ENSG00000285318 )
Evolutionary StageMammalia
AlphaFoldDBP12838
Gene CardDEFA4
Uniprot IDP12838
PfamPF00323; PF00879
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.792179287)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ DEFA4 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Defa30 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa25 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa31 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa24 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa38 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa20 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa35 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa32 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ AY761185 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa23 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa36 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa33 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa17 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa29 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa39 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa40 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa2 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa22 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa43 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa27 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa26 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa21 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa34 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa42 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa3 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa28 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa41 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa5 ( ortholog_many2many )
Mouse_ Defa37 ( ortholog_many2many )
Rat_ Defa5 ( ortholog_many2many )
Rat_ Defa24 ( ortholog_many2many )
Rat_ RatNP-3b ( ortholog_many2many )
Rat_ Defa9 ( ortholog_many2many )
Rat_ Defa6 ( ortholog_many2many )
Rat_ Defal1 ( ortholog_many2many )
Rat_ Defa7 ( ortholog_many2many )
Rat_ Defa11 ( ortholog_many2many )
Rat_ Np4 ( ortholog_many2many )
Rat_ Defa10 ( ortholog_many2many )
Rat_ Defa8 ( ortholog_many2many )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsDEFA1, DEFA3, DEFA1B, DEFA6, DEFA5
Tissuebone.marrow, left.atrium, left.ventricle, lung, spleen, whole.blood
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in neutrophils (at protein level) (PubMed:2843187, PubMed:2500436, PubMed:2501794). Expressed in bone marrow (PubMed:8469233). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2500436, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2501794, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2843187, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8469233}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1ZMM  (X-ray  1.60A  6DMM  (X-ray  1.67A  6DMQ  (X-ray  1.70A 
DBSNP rs28661751  rs28488529  rs762433303 
Subcellular location [CC]Secreted {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q01523}. Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2500436, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2501794}. Note=Stored as mature peptide in neutrophil granules. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2500436}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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