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CHEBI:82761 - defensin
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ChEBI Name
defensin
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:82761
Definition
A family of cysteine-rich polypeptides that function as host defence peptides and consist of 18-45 amino acids including six to eight cysteine residues.
Stars
This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Roles Classification
Chemical Role
(s):
Bronsted base
A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Br
o
nsted acid).
(via
organic amino compound
)
Biological Role
(s):
eukaryotic metabolite
Any metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in eukaryotes, the taxon that include members of the fungi, plantae and animalia kingdoms.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing
defensin (
CHEBI:82761
)
has role
eukaryotic metabolite (
CHEBI:75763
)
defensin (
CHEBI:82761
)
is a
polypeptide (
CHEBI:15841
)
Incoming
Defensin alpha-1 (
CHEBI:80276
)
is a
defensin (
CHEBI:82761
)
Defensin alpha-2 (
CHEBI:80277
)
is a
defensin (
CHEBI:82761
)
Defensin alpha-3 (
CHEBI:80278
)
is a
defensin (
CHEBI:82761
)
Defensin alpha-4 (
CHEBI:80279
)
is a
defensin (
CHEBI:82761
)
Defensin alpha-5 (
CHEBI:80280
)
is a
defensin (
CHEBI:82761
)
Defensin beta-1 (
CHEBI:80281
)
is a
defensin (
CHEBI:82761
)
Defensin beta-2 (
CHEBI:80282
)
is a
defensin (
CHEBI:82761
)
Defensin beta-3 (
CHEBI:80283
)
is a
defensin (
CHEBI:82761
)
Defensin beta-4 (
CHEBI:80284
)
is a
defensin (
CHEBI:82761
)
Synonym
Source
defensins
ChEBI
Last Modified
21 August 2014