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 (Bronsted 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