Hemopexin
BE0009909ProteinHumansHPX
Binds heme and transports it to the liver for breakdown and iron recovery, after which the free hemopexin returns to the circulation. It is acted on by 5 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- HPX
- UniProtKB entry
- P02790Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted
- Residues / weight
- 462 residues · 51,676 Da
- Also known as
- Beta-1B-glycoprotein
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of April 15, 2020
Which approved drugs act on Hemopexin, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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