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- Ferroxidase also known as Fe(II):oxygen oxidoreductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidization of iron II to iron III: 4 Fe2+ + 4 H+ + O2 ⇔ 4 Fe3+...
- all subunits of bacterial and archaeal ferritin are H-type and have ferroxidase activity, which means they are able to convert iron from the ferrous...
- Ceruloplasmin (or caeruloplasmin) is a ferroxidase enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CP gene. Ceruloplasmin is the major copper-carrying protein...
- Aceruloplasminemia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which the liver can not synthesize the protein ceruloplasmin properly, which is needed to...
- caused by impaired iron transport. Hephaestin is a copper-containing ferroxidase enzyme located in the duodenal mucosa that oxidizes iron and facilitates...
- to the transport of iron from the intestine and into the circulation, ferroxidases also seem to play an important role in facilitating iron export from...
- Ferritin heavy chain is a ferroxidase enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FTH1 gene. FTH1 gene is located on chromosome 11, and its mutation causes...
- membrane. These iron-transporters can then be activated by known mammalian ferroxidases (i.e. ceruloplasmin or hephaestin). The amyloid-β precursor protein (AβPP)...
- the only known iron exporter in mammals, ferroportin. Hephaestin, a ferroxidase that can oxidize Fe2+ to Fe3+ and is found mainly in the small intestine...
- substrate. Multicopper oxidases include: Ceruloplasmin EC 1.16.3.1 (ferroxidase), a 6-domain enzyme found in the serum of mammals and birds that oxidizes...