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Facts about Melanotransferrin.
Binds a single atom of iron per subunit. Could also bind zinc.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MELTF |
| Uniprot: | P08582 |
| Entrez: | 4241 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| transferrin family |

Melanotransferrin
Mass (kDA):
80.215 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 3q29 |
| Sequence: | 3; NC_000003.12 (197001740..197029817, complement) |
Found predominantly in human melanomas and in certain fetal tissues; also found in liver, epithelium, umbilical chord, placenta and sweat gland ducts.
[Isoform 1]: Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor.



PMID: 2419904 by Rose T.M., et al. Primary structure of the human melanoma-associated antigen p97 (melanotransferrin) deduced from the mRNA sequence.
PMID: 2463331 by Furukawa K.S., et al. A unique antigenic epitope of human melanoma is carried on the common melanoma glycoprotein gp95/p97.