Homo sapiens Gene: HEPH
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-73560.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol HEPH
Gene Name hephaestin
Synonyms CPL
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000089472
Encoded Proteins
hephaestin
hephaestin
hephaestin
hephaestin
hephaestin
hephaestin
hephaestin
hephaestin
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary The protein encoded by this gene is similar to an iron transport protein found in mouse. The mouse protein is similar to ceruloplasmin, a serum multi-copper ferroxidase, and is thought to be a membrane-bound protein responsible for transport of dietary iron from epithelial cells of the intestinal lumen into the circulatory system. In mouse, defects in this gene can lead to severe microcytic anemia. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2008]
This gene encodes a member of the multicopper oxidase protein family. The encoded protein is involved in the transport of dietary iron from epithelial cells of the intestinal lumen into the circulatory system, and may be involved in copper transport and homeostasis. In mouse, defects in this gene can lead to severe microcytic anemia. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2013]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome X:66162549-66268867
Strand Forward strand
Band q12
Transcripts
ENST00000336279 ENSP00000337418
ENST00000343002 ENSP00000343939
ENST00000441993 ENSP00000411687
ENST00000458621 ENSP00000396907
ENST00000429547 ENSP00000392319
ENST00000419594 ENSP00000413211
ENST00000425114 ENSP00000398078
ENST00000519389 ENSP00000430620
ENST00000471121
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 1 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Experimentally validated
Total 1 [view]
Protein-Protein 1 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0004322 ferroxidase activity
GO:0005507 copper ion binding
GO:0008198 ferrous iron binding
GO:0016491 oxidoreductase activity
Biological Process
GO:0006825 copper ion transport
GO:0006826 iron ion transport
GO:0006879 cellular iron ion homeostasis
GO:0055085 transmembrane transport
GO:0055114 oxidation-reduction process
Cellular Component
GO:0005622 intracellular
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
GO:0016323 basolateral plasma membrane
GO:0048471 perinuclear region of cytoplasm
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Not yet available
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
Iron uptake and transport pathway
Metal ion SLC transporters pathway
Transport of glucose and other sugars, bile salts and organic acids, metal ions and amine compounds pathway
Transmembrane transport of small molecules pathway
SLC-mediated transmembrane transport pathway
KEGG
Porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism pathway
INOH
PID NCI
Cross-References
SwissProt Q9BQS7
TrEMBL B4DFV3 Q1HE23 Q5JZ07
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 9843
UniGene Hs.31720
RefSeq NM_001130860 NM_001282141 NM_014799 NM_138737 XM_006724722
HUGO HGNC:4866
OMIM 300167
CCDS CCDS14384 CCDS14385 CCDS48133 CCDS65277
HPRD 02159
IMGT
EMBL AB014598 AF148860 AJ296162 AK294278 AK316231 AL030998 AL157698 AY358990 BC011561 CH471132 DQ496100
GenPept AAH11561 AAK08131 AAQ89349 ABF47089 BAA31673 BAG57564 BAH14602 CAC35365 EAX05384 EAX05385 EAX05386 EAX05388
RNA Seq Atlas 9843