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

Preferred term

Hepcidins  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

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Entry terms

  • Hepcidin
  • Liver-Expressed Antimicrobial Peptide

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Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • Hepcidines

    French

  • Hepcidine
  • Peptide antimicrobien exprimé dans le foie

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-SHLMTD6X-K

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