Hefestin
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Hefestin is enzyme involved in the transport of iron across the basolateral membrane enterocyte into the bloodstream. We classify it among ferrooxidases. It is a membrane homologue of plasma ceruloplasmin.
Hefestin catalyzes the oxidation of ferrous iron released from feroportin to trivalent, which is necessary for its further transmission in the blood by transferrin.
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- HORÁK, Jiří, et al. Hemochromatosis [online] . 1st edition. Grada Publishing as, 2010. 248 pp. Also available from < https://books.google.com/books?id=U3daAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA29&redir_esc=y&hl=en >. ISBN 978-80-247-6385-9 .
