| Identification | 
    
      | HMDB Protein ID
       | CDBP01773 | 
    
    
      | Secondary Accession Numbers
       | Not Available | 
    
    
      | Name
       | Ferritin light chain | 
    
    
      | Description
       | Not Available | 
    
    
      | Synonyms
       | 
        - Ferritin L subunit
  
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      | Gene Name
       | FTL | 
    
    
      | Protein Type
       | Metal Binding | 
    
    | Biological Properties | 
    
      | General Function
       | Involved in oxidoreductase activity | 
    
    
      | Specific Function
       | Stores iron in a soluble, non-toxic, readily available form. Important for iron homeostasis. Iron is taken up in the ferrous form and deposited as ferric hydroxides after oxidation. Also plays a role in delivery of iron to cells. Mediates iron uptake in capsule cells of the developing kidney | 
    
    
    
      | GO Classification
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                  | Function | 
                 
              
                | ion binding | 
               
              
                | cation binding | 
               
              
                | metal ion binding | 
               
              
                | binding | 
               
              
                | catalytic activity | 
               
              
                | transition metal ion binding | 
               
              
                | iron ion binding | 
               
              
                | oxidoreductase activity | 
               
              
                | ferric iron binding | 
               
                
                  | Process | 
                 
              
                | biological regulation | 
               
              
                | oxidation reduction | 
               
              
                | ion transport | 
               
              
                | cation transport | 
               
              
                | metal ion transport | 
               
              
                | transition metal ion transport | 
               
              
                | iron ion transport | 
               
              
                | regulation of biological quality | 
               
              
                | homeostatic process | 
               
              
                | chemical homeostasis | 
               
              
                | ion homeostasis | 
               
              
                | cellular ion homeostasis | 
               
              
                | cellular cation homeostasis | 
               
              
                | metabolic process | 
               
              
                | cellular di-, tri-valent inorganic cation homeostasis | 
               
              
                | establishment of localization | 
               
              
                | cellular iron ion homeostasis | 
               
              
                | transport | 
               
           
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      | Cellular Location
       | 
        Not Available
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      | Pathways
       | 
          Not Available
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    | Gene Properties | 
    
      | Chromosome Location
       | Chromosome:1 | 
    
    
      | Locus
       | 19q13.33 | 
    
    
      | SNPs
       | FTL   | 
    
    
      | Gene Sequence
       | 
          >528 bp
ATGAGCTCCCAGATTCGTCAGAATTATTCCACCGACGTGGAGGCAGCCGTCAACAGCCTG
GTCAATTTGTACCTGCAGGCCTCCTACACCTACCTCTCTCTGGGCTTCTATTTCGACCGC
GATGATGTGGCTCTGGAAGGCGTGAGCCACTTCTTCCGCGAACTGGCCGAGGAGAAGCGC
GAGGGCTACGAGCGTCTCCTGAAGATGCAAAACCAGCGTGGCGGCCGCGCTCTCTTCCAG
GACATCAAGAAGCCAGCTGAAGATGAGTGGGGTAAAACCCCAGACGCCATGAAAGCTGCC
ATGGCCCTGGAGAAAAAGCTGAACCAGGCCCTTTTGGATCTTCATGCCCTGGGTTCTGCC
CGCACGGACCCCCATCTCTGTGACTTCCTGGAGACTCACTTCCTAGATGAGGAAGTGAAG
CTTATCAAGAAGATGGGTGACCACCTGACCAACCTCCACAGGCTGGGTGGCCCGGAGGCT
GGGCTGGGCGAGTATCTCTTCGAAAGGCTCACTCTCAAGCACGACTAA 
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    | Protein Properties | 
    
      | Number of Residues
       | 175 | 
    
    
      | Molecular Weight
       | 20019.5 | 
    
    
      | Theoretical pI
       | 5.59 | 
    
    
      | Pfam Domain Function
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      | Signals
       | 
        
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      | 
         Transmembrane Regions
      
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      | Protein Sequence
       | 
          >Ferritin light chain
MSSQIRQNYSTDVEAAVNSLVNLYLQASYTYLSLGFYFDRDDVALEGVSHFFRELAEEKR
EGYERLLKMQNQRGGRALFQDIKKPAEDEWGKTPDAMKAAMALEKKLNQALLDLHALGSA
RTDPHLCDFLETHFLDEEVKLIKKMGDHLTNLHRLGGPEAGLGEYLFERLTLKHD 
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    | External Links | 
    
      | GenBank ID Protein
       | 182514   | 
    
    
      | UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID
       | P02792   | 
    
    
      | UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name
       | FRIL_HUMAN   | 
    
    
      | PDB IDs
       | 
        Not Available       | 
    
    
      | GenBank Gene ID
       | M11147   | 
    
    
      | GeneCard ID
       | FTL   | 
    
    
      | GenAtlas ID
       | FTL   | 
    
    
      | HGNC ID
       | HGNC:3999   | 
    
    | References | 
    
      | General References
       | Not Available |