Hepcidin
BE0009858ProteinHumansHAMP
Liver-produced hormone that constitutes the main circulating regulator of iron absorption and distribution across tissues. It is acted on by 3 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- HAMP
- UniProtKB entry
- P81172Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted
- Residues / weight
- 84 residues · 9,408 Da
- Also known as
- HEPC · LEAP-1 · LEAP1 · Liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide 1 · PLTR
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of February 19, 2020
Which approved drugs act on Hepcidin, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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