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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Iron-Regulatory Proteins > Hepcidins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Antimicrobial Peptides > Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides > Hepcidins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins > Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides > Hepcidins

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Hepcidins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Antimicrobial Peptide, Liver-Expressed
  • Hepcidin
  • Liver Expressed Antimicrobial Peptide
  • Liver-Expressed Antimicrobial Peptide
  • Peptide, Liver-Expressed Antimicrobial

Scope note

  • Forms of hepcidin, a cationic amphipathic peptide synthesized in the liver as a prepropeptide which is first processed into prohepcidin and then into the biologically active hepcidin forms, including in human the 20-, 22-, and 25-amino acid residue peptide forms. Hepcidin acts as a homeostatic regulators of iron metabolism and also possesses antimicrobial activity.

History note

  • 2014

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D064451

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