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<protein>
  <id type="integer">280</id>
  <cancdbp-id>CDBP00279</cancdbp-id>
  <name>Eosinophil peroxidase</name>
  <uniprot-id>P11678</uniprot-id>
  <uniprot-name>PERE_HUMAN</uniprot-name>
  <enzyme type="boolean">true</enzyme>
  <transporter type="boolean">false</transporter>
  <protein-type>Enzyme</protein-type>
  <organism>Homo_sapiens</organism>
  <gene-name>EPX</gene-name>
  <num-residues type="integer">715</num-residues>
  <molecular-weight type="decimal">81039.5</molecular-weight>
  <theoretical-pi type="decimal">10.285</theoretical-pi>
  <general-function>Involved in peroxidase activity</general-function>
  <specific-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.
</specific-function>
  <signal-regions type="array"/>
  <transmembrane-regions type="array"/>
  <pdb-ids></pdb-ids>
  <genbank-gene-id>DQ054598</genbank-gene-id>
  <genbank-protein-id>66268791</genbank-protein-id>
  <genecard-id>EPX</genecard-id>
  <chromosome-location>17</chromosome-location>
  <locus>17q23.1</locus>
  <geneatlas-id>EPX</geneatlas-id>
  <hgnc-id>HGNC:3423</hgnc-id>
  <export type="boolean">true</export>
  <comment nil="true"/>
  <kegg-id>hsa:8288</kegg-id>
  <meta-cyc-id></meta-cyc-id>
  <ncbi-sequence-ids>NP_000493.1:NM_000502.4</ncbi-sequence-ids>
  <tissue-specificity></tissue-specificity>
  <cofactor>calcium ion per heterodimer;heme B (iron-protoporphyrin IX) covalently through ester linkages to hydroxylated methyl groups formed auto-catalytically with hydrogen peroxide at the heme C-1 and C-5 positions. The ester linkage to Asp-232 was observed in 30% of the chains</cofactor>
  <subunit>Tetramer of two light chains and two heavy chains
</subunit>
  <cellular-location nil="true"/>
  <ec-number nil="true"/>
  <created-at type="dateTime">2020-06-12T23:06:48Z</created-at>
  <updated-at type="dateTime">2020-07-28T02:25:07Z</updated-at>
  <description nil="true"/>
  <receptor type="integer">0</receptor>
  <metal-binding type="integer">1</metal-binding>
  <trans-factor type="integer">0</trans-factor>
</protein>

