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- 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...
- in iron metabolism. It was first described in 1948. Another protein, hephaestin, is noted for its homology to ceruloplasmin, and also parti****tes in...
- 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...
- copper deficiency is thought to be caused by impaired iron transport. Hephaestin is a copper containing ferroxidase enzyme located in the duodenal muscosa...
- Thoroughbred racehorse Hephaestion of Thebes, 5th century astrologer Hephaestin, a protein involved in the metabolism and homeostasis of iron Hephaesteion...
- catecholamine metabolism, catalyzes conversion of dopamine to norepinephrine Hephaestin Multi-copper ferroxidase, involved in iron transport across intestinal...
- Ceruloplasmin FTH1 – Ferritin heavy chain FTMT – Ferritin, mitochondrial HEPH - Hephaestin Cox JC, Boxer DH (1986). "The role of rusticyanin, a blue copper protein...
- then be activated by known mammalian ferroxidases (i.e. ceruloplasmin or hephaestin). The amyloid-β precursor protein (AβPP), and all ****ociated secretases...
- fetal circulation. Mediates iron efflux in the presence of a ferroxidase (hephaestin and/or ceruloplasmin). Hemochromatosis SLC2A4 P14672 Insulin-regulated...
- 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...