EPX (eosinophil peroxidase)
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Gene
Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
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| Entrez ID | 8288 |
| Gene name | Eosinophil peroxidase |
| Gene symbol | EPX |
| Synonyms (NCBI Gene) |
EPOEPPEPX-PENEPXD
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| Chromosome | 17 |
| Chromosome location | 17q22 |
| Summary | This gene is a member of the peroxidase gene family and is expressed in eosinophils. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed into covalently attached heavy and light chains to form the mature enzyme, which functions as an oxidant. The enzym |
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SNPs
SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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miRNA
miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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Gene ontology (GO)
Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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Other IDs
Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
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Protein
Protein information from UniProt database.
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UniProt ID
Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
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| Protein name | Eosinophil peroxidase (EPO) (EC 1.11.1.7) [Cleaved into: Eosinophil peroxidase light chain; Eosinophil peroxidase heavy chain] | ||||||||||
| Protein function | Mediates tyrosine nitration of secondary granule proteins in mature resting eosinophils. Shows significant inhibitory activity towards Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv by inducing bacterial fragmentation and lysis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12540536, | ||||||||||
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| Sequence length | 715 | ||||||||||
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Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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Associated diseases
Disease associations from ClinVar categorized as Causal (Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic) or Unknown.
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