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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochem Soc Trans. 2011 Aug 1;39(4):977–983. doi: 10.1042/BST0390977

Table1. BPIFA and BPIFB families.

For each family, the new systematic name is given, along with previous names that have had common usage.

Protein family Previous names Species specific notes
BPIFA
BPIFA1 SPLUNC1, PLUNC*, LUNX, SPURT
BPIFA2 SPLUNC2, PSP (human), C20orf70*
BPIFA2A BSP30A Cow only
BPIFA2B BSP30B Cow only
BPIFA2C BSP30C Cow only
BPIFA2D BSP30D Cow only
BPIFA2E SPLUNC2, PSP (mouse and rat) Rodent only
BPIFA2F SMGB (rat), SPLUNC4 (mouse) Rat; pseudogene in mouse
(mouse gene symbol = Bpifa2f-ps)
BPIFA3 SPLUNC3, C20orf71*
BPIFA4 RP11-49G10.8, BASE, latherin Pseudogene in human (human gene
symbol = BPIFA4P); authentic
gene in chimpanzee. Absent from rodents.
Latherin sequence is rather divergent, which
may reflect a change of function in horse.
BPIFA5 SPLUNC5 Rodent only
BPIFA6 SPLUNC6, XM Rodent only. May be highly divergent
form of BPIFA2 from genomic position
BPIFB
BPIFB1 LPLUNC1, C20orf114*, VEMSGP
BPIFB2 LPLUNC2, BPIL1*, C20orf184
BPIFB3 LPLUNC3, RYA3(rat), C20orf185*
BPIFB4 LPLUNC4, RY2G5(rat), C20orf186*
BPIFB5 LPLUNC5 Pseudogene in primates (human gene
symbol = BPIFB5P)
BPIFB6 LPLUNC6, BPIL3*
BPIFB7 TENP Avian
BPIFB8 OVO36 Avian
BPIFB9 vomeromodulin Highly divergent; pseudogene in primates
(human gene symbol = BPIFB9P)

HGNC names (that will be replaced by this new nomenclature) are marked with an asterisk.

The bold font used in the Table is for ease of reading.