Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Table 2 General characteristic features of rat β-defensin protein isoforms.

From: Identification, cloning and functional characterization of novel beta-defensins in the rat (Rattus norvegicus)

	DEFB21	DEFB24	DEFB27	DEFB30	DEFB36
Length^a(aa)	64	64	47	53	45
MW (kD)^a	7.48	7.50	5.59	6.32	5.47
pI^a	8.58	9.06	8.26	9.06	9.74
Cysteines^b	6	6	6	6	6
Net Charge^a	+3	+5	+2	+5	+10

^a amino acids in mature protein not including the signal peptide
^b number of cysteines in the C termini

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