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Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Hephaestin, also known as HEPH, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the HEPH gene. Hephaestin is involved in the metabolism and homeostasis of iron
Hephaestin
Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
in iron metabolism. It was first described in 1948. Another protein, hephaestin, is noted for its homology to ceruloplasmin, and also participates in
Ceruloplasmin
Greek god of blacksmiths
astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh, was named in Hephaestus's honour. The protein hephaestin has a role in oxidising iron absorbed by intestinal cells to facilitate
Hephaestus
Iron metabolism in the body
into the body via the only known iron exporter in mammals, ferroportin. Hephaestin, a ferroxidase that can oxidize Fe2+ to Fe3+ and is found mainly in the
Human_iron_metabolism
Insufficient level of copper in the body, leading to anaemia and nervous symptoms
copper deficiency is thought to be caused by impaired iron transport. Hephaestin is a copper-containing ferroxidase enzyme located in the duodenal mucosa
Copper_deficiency
catecholamine metabolism, catalyzes conversion of dopamine to norepinephrine Hephaestin Multi-copper ferroxidase, involved in iron transport across intestinal
Copper_in_biology
Topics referred to by the same term
Thoroughbred racehorse Hephaestion of Thebes, 5th century astrologer Hephaestin, a protein involved in the metabolism and homeostasis of iron Hephaesteion
Hephaestion_(disambiguation)
Use of Iron by organisms
into the body via the only known iron exporter in mammals, ferroportin. Hephaestin, a ferroxidase that can oxidize Fe2+ to Fe3+ and is found mainly in the
Iron_in_biology
Mammalian protein found in humans
then be activated by known mammalian ferroxidases (i.e. ceruloplasmin or hephaestin). The amyloid-β precursor protein (AβPP), and all associated secretases
Amyloid-beta precursor protein
Amyloid-beta_precursor_protein
Protein family
fetal circulation. Mediates iron efflux in the presence of a ferroxidase (hephaestin and/or ceruloplasmin). Hemochromatosis SLC2A4 P14672 Insulin-regulated
Major_facilitator_superfamily
Iron oxidizing enzyme, Fe(II) to Fe(III) conversion
Ceruloplasmin FTH1 – Ferritin heavy chain FTMT – Ferritin, mitochondrial HEPH - Hephaestin Cox JC, Boxer DH (1986). "The role of rusticyanin, a blue copper protein
Ferroxidase
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English (chiefly Lancashire) : habitational name from a place near Chorley. Early forms consistently show the first syllable as Wer-, and the name is probably derived from Old English wer ‘weir’ + denu ‘valley’.
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