Heph - hephaestin

Predicted to enable copper ion binding activity; ferrous iron binding activity; and ferroxidase activity. Predicted to be involved in iron ion homeostasis and iron ion transport. Predicted to act upstream of or within erythrocyte differentiation. Located in perinuclear region of cytoplasm and plasma membrane. Orthologous to human HEPH (hephaestin). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]