Human Hepcidin-25 Trifluoroacetate
Supplier: BACHEM AMERICAS INC
Hepcidin-25 (hepatic bactericidal protein), also referred to as LEAP-1 (liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide) has been independently discovered by two groups in human blood ultrafiltrate and urine. The peptide which is predominantly expressed in the liver, belongs to a new vertebrate family of small antimicrobial peptides that contain 8 cysteine residues and show significant antibacterial and antifungal activity. Further investigations revealed that hepicidin is the principal iron-regulatory hormone in humans. It acts by binding to the iron exporter ferroportin, inducing its internalization and degradation, thereby blocking cellular iron efflux. Nemeth et al. demonstrated that the N-terminal part of the peptide hormone is essential for its activity.
Synonym: Hepc25 (human), LEAP-1 (human), Liver-Expressed Antimicrobial Peptide (human), PLTR (human), Putative Liver Tumor Regressor (human)
Sequence: H-Asp-Thr-His-Phe-Pro-Ile-Cys-Ile-Phe-Cys-Cys-Gly-Cys-Cys-His-Arg-Ser-Lys-Cys-Gly-Met-Cys-Cys-Lys-Thr-OH
Salt: Trifluoroacetate
Bonds: (Disulfide bonds between Cys7 and Cys23/Cys10 and Cys13/Cys11 and Cys19/Cys14 and Cys22)
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