Transferrin receptor

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Identifiers
Symbol TFRC
Alt. Symbols CD71, TFR1
Entrez 7037
HUGO 11763
OMIM 190010
RefSeq NM_003234
UniProt P02786
Other data
Locus Chr. 3 q29
Identifiers
Symbol TFR2
Alt. Symbols HFE3, TFRC2
Entrez 7036
HUGO 11762
OMIM 604720
RefSeq NM_003227
UniProt Q9UP52
Other data
Locus Chr. 7 q22

Transferrin receptor (TfR) is a carrier protein for transferrin. It's needed for the import of iron into the cell and it's regulated in response to intracellular iron concentration. Thus, it maintains cellular iron homeostasis.

TfR production in the cell is regulated according to iron levels by iron response/regulatory element binding protein (IRE-BP). This protein binds to the hairpin like structure (IRE) that is in the 3' UTR of the TfR receptor. Once binding occurs, degradation of mRNA of IRE is inhibited.

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Proteins: clusters of differentiation (see also list of human clusters of differentiation)
1-50
CD1 (a-c, 1A, 1D, 1E) - CD2 - CD3 (γ, δ, ε) - CD4 - CD5 - CD6 - CD7 - CD8 (a) - CD9 - CD10 - CD11 (a, b, c) - CD13 - CD14 - CD15 - CD16 (A, B) - CD18 - CD19 - CD20 - CD21 - CD22 - CD23 - CD24 - CD25 - CD26 - CD27 - CD28 - CD29 - CD30 - CD31 - CD32 (A, B) - CD33 - CD34 - CD35 - CD36 - CD37 - CD38 - CD39 - CD40 - CD41- CD42 (a, b, c, d) - CD43 - CD44 - CD45 - CD46 - CD47 - CD48 - CD49 (a, b, c, d, e, f) - CD50
51-100
CD51 - CD52 - CD53 - CD54 - CD55 - CD56 - CD57- CD58 - CD59 - CD61 - CD62 (E, L, P) - CD63 - CD64 - CD66 (a, b, c, d, e, f) - CD68 - CD69 - CD70 - CD71 - CD72 - CD73 - CD74 - CD79 (a, b) - CD80 - CD81 - CD82 - CD83 - CD84 - CD85 (a, d, e, h, j, k) - CD86 - CD87 - CD88 - CD89 - CD90 - CD91- CD92 - CD93 - CD94 - CD95 - CD97 - CD98 - CD99 - CD100
101-150
CD101 - CD102 - CD103 - CD104 - CD105 - CD106 - CD107 (a, b) - CD108 - CD109 - CD110 - CD111 - CD112 - CD113 - CD114 - CD115 - CD116 - CD117 - CD118 - CD119 - CD120 (a, b) - CD121 (a, b) - CD122 - CD123 - CD124 - CD125 - CD126 - CD127 - CD129 - CD130 - CD131 - CD132 - CD133 - CD134 - CD135 - CD136 - CD137 - CD138 - CD140b - CD141 - CD142 - CD143 - CD144 - CD146 - CD147 - CD148 - CD150
151-200
CD151 - CD152 - CD153 - CD154 - CD155 - CD156 (a, b, c) - CD157 - CD158 (a, d, e, i, k) - CD159 (a, c) - CD160 - CD161 - CD162 - CD163 - CD164 - CD166 - CD167 (a, b) - CD168 - CD169 - CD170 - CD171 - CD172 (a, b, g) - CD174 - CD177 - CD178 - CD179 (a, b) - CD181 - CD182 - CD183 - CD184 - CD185 - CD186 - CD191 - CD192 - CD193 - CD194 - CD195 - CD196 - CD197 - CDw198 - CDw199 - CD200
201-250
CD201 - CD202b - CD204 - CD205 - CD206 - CD207 - CD208 - CD209 - CDw210 (a, b) - CD212 - CD213a (1, 2) - CD217 - CD218 (a, b) - CD220 - CD221 - CD222 - CD223 - CD224 - CD225 - CD226 - CD227 - CD228 - CD229 - CD230 - CD233 - CD234 - CD235 (a, b) - CD236 - CD238 - CD239 - CD240CE - CD241 - CD243 - CD244 - CD246 - CD247- CD248 - CD249
251-300
301-350
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Proteins: carrier proteins
Hormone
Metal/element
calcium (Calcium-binding protein, Calmodulin-binding proteins) - copper (Ceruloplasmin) - iron (Iron-binding proteins, Transferrin receptor)
Vitamin
Other
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Membrane proteins, receptors: transmembrane receptors
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Metabolism: Iron metabolism (including iron-binding proteins)
Absorption in duodenum
Other