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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP08838
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 14565
Name Dermcidin
Synonyms
  1. DCD-1
  2. Preproteolysin
  3. Survival-promoting peptide
Gene Name DCD
Protein Type Unknown
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in protein binding
Specific Function Survival-promoting peptide promotes survival of neurons and displays phosphatase activity. It may bind IgG
Pathways Not Available
Reactions Not Available
GO Classification Not Available
Cellular Location
  1. Secreted
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location Chromosome:1
Locus 12q13.1
SNPs DCD
Gene Sequence
>333 bp
ATGAGGTTCATGACTCTCCTCTTCCTGACAGCTCTGGCAGGAGCCCTGGTCTGTGCCTAT
GATCCAGAGGCCGCCTCTGCCCCAGGATCGGGGAACCCTTGCCATGAAGCATCAGCAGCT
CAAAAGGAAAATGCAGGTGAAGACCCAGGGTTAGCCAGACAGGCACCAAAGCCAAGGAAG
CAGAGATCCAGCCTTCTGGAAAAAGGCCTAGACGGAGCAAAAAAAGCTGTGGGGGGACTC
GGAAAACTAGGAAAAGATGCAGTCGAAGATCTAGAAAGCGTGGGTAAAGGAGCCGTCCAT
GACGTTAAAGACGTCCTTGACTCAGTACTATAG
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 110
Molecular Weight 11283.7
Theoretical pI 6.52
Pfam Domain Function Not Available
Signals
  • 1-19
Transmembrane Regions
  • None
Protein Sequence
>Dermcidin
MRFMTLLFLTALAGALVCAYDPEAASAPGSGNPCHEASAAQKENAGEDPGLARQAPKPRK
QRSSLLEKGLDGAKKAVGGLGKLGKDAVEDLESVGKGAVHDVKDVLDSVL
GenBank ID Protein 16416649
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID P81605
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name DCD_HUMAN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID AF144011
GeneCard ID DCD
GenAtlas ID DCD
HGNC ID HGNC:14669
References
General References
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  5. Cunningham TJ, Hodge L, Speicher D, Reim D, Tyler-Polsz C, Levitt P, Eagleson K, Kennedy S, Wang Y: Identification of a survival-promoting peptide in medium conditioned by oxidatively stressed cell lines of nervous system origin. J Neurosci. 1998 Sep 15;18(18):7047-60. [PubMed:9736629 ]