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Eosinophil peroxidase

EPX
Identifiers
Aliases EPX, EPO, EPP, EPX-PEN, EPXD, eosinophil peroxidase
External IDs OMIM: 131399 MGI: 107569 HomoloGene: 20144 GeneCards: EPX
Gene location (Human)
Chromosome 17 (human)
Chr. Chromosome 17 (human)
Chromosome 17 (human)
Genomic location for EPX
Genomic location for EPX
Band 17q22 Start 58,192,737 bp
End 58,205,174 bp
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000502

NM_007946

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000493

NP_031972

Location (UCSC) Chr 17: 58.19 – 58.21 Mb Chr 17: 87.86 – 87.88 Mb
PubMed search

NM_000502

NM_007946

NP_000493

NP_031972

Eosinophil peroxidase is an enzyme found within the eosinophil granulocytes, innate immune cells of humans and mammals. This oxidoreductase protein is encoded by the gene EPX, expressed within these myeloid cells. EPO shares many similarities with its orthologous peroxidases, myeloperoxidase (MPO), lactoperoxidase (LPO), and thyroid peroxidase (TPO). The protein is concentrated in secretory granules within eosinophils. Eosinophil peroxidase is a heme peroxidase, its activities including the oxidation of halide ions to bacteriocidal reactive oxygen species, the cationic disruption of bacterial cell walls, and the post-translational modification of protein amino acid residues.


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