Haptoglobins (definition)

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Haptoglobins

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Definition: Plasma glycoproteins that form a stable complex with hemoglobin to aid the recycling of heme iron. They are encoded in man by a gene on the short arm of chromosome 16.

alpha-globulins; acute phase proteins

Other names Haptoglobin

Substance	Categories	Source
Hp protein, rat	*Haptoglobins.	Chem Res Toxicol 2008 Mar;21(3):678-85
HP protein, human	*Haptoglobins Biological Markers.	Clin Cancer Res 2003 Aug 1;9(8):2904-11
HgpC protein, Haemophilus influenzae	Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Carrier Proteins Haptoglobins.	Infect Immun 1999 Jun;67(6):2719-39
HPR protein, human	Antigens, Neoplasm Haptoglobins Fatty Acid Synthetase Complex Pregnancy Proteins Tumor Markers, Biological.	Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1989;86(4):1188
prohaptoglobin	Haptoglobins Protein Precursors.	J Biol Chem 1984;259(14):9212
haptoglobin-hemoglobin complex	Haptoglobins Hemoglobins.	Can J Biochem 1982;60(6):631
agalacto-haptoglobin	*Haptoglobins.	Comp Biochem Physiol (B) 1982;71(2):259
ahexosamino-haptoglobin	*Haptoglobins.	Comp Biochem Physiol (B) 1982;71(2):259
asialohaptoglobin	Asialoglycoproteins Haptoglobins.	C R Acad Sci (D) (Paris) 1981;292(17):983

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