Heme metabolism as an integral part of iron homeostasis

Heme metabolism as an integral part of iron homeostasis

Heme, a ferrous iron protoporphyrin IX complex, is employed as a prosthetic group in a number of diverse heme proteins that participate in important cellular and systemic physiological processes. Provision of an adequate amount of iron for heme biosynthesis is one of the elemental hallmarks of intra...

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Main Authors: Paweł Lipiński, Rafał R. Starzyński, Agnieszka Styś, Anna Gajowiak, Robert Staroń
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Index Copernicus International S.A. 2014-01-01
Series:Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej
Subjects:
erythroblast
erythrophagocytosis
Ferroportin
Heme
IRP
IRE
Online Access:http://phmd.pl/gicid/01.3001.0003.1231

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