Description
Manufacturer MyBioSource produces human plasma Ceruloplasmin for research and bulk manufacturing.
Custom preparations, technical support, bulk quantities and aliquoting available.
Human Ceruloplasmin (CER) is officially known as ferroxidase or iron(II):oxygen oxidoreductase. CER is an enzyme synthesized in the liver containing 8 atoms of copper in its structure. Although Human CERULOPLASMIN (CER) is often considered a copper transport protein, this is not its primary function, just as human hemoglobin is not a carrier of iron, although it contains iron.
The main carrier for copper in the plasma of humans is albumin. Ceruloplasmin enzyme (ferroxidase) catalyzes the oxidation of ferrous iron (Fe2+) to ferric iron (Fe3+), therefore assisting in Human Ceruloplasmin enzyme transport in the plasma in association with transferrin, which can only carry iron in the ferric state