ERFE erythroferrone [Homo sapiens (human)] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: ERFEprovided by HGNC
Official Full Name: erythroferroneprovided by HGNC
Primary source: HGNC:HGNC:26727
See related: Ensembl:ENSG00000178752 MIM:615099; AllianceGenome:HGNC:26727
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: VALIDATED
Organism: Homo sapiens
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as: CTRP15; FAM132B; C1QTNF15
Summary: Enables molecular sequestering activity. Involved in negative regulation of BMP signaling pathway. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Expression: Biased expression in thyroid (RPKM 10.6), testis (RPKM 4.5) and 4 other tissues See more
Orthologs: all
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Genomic context

Location:: 2q37.3

Exon count:: 8

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2025_08	current	GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40)	2	NC_000002.12 (238158970..238168890)
RS_2025_08	current	T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1)	2	NC_060926.1 (238648711..238658631)
RS_2024_09	previous assembly	GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25)	2	NC_000002.11 (239067611..239077531)

Chromosome 2 - NC_000002.12 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: Tissue-specific circular RNA induction during human fetal development
Description: 35 human fetal samples from 6 tissues (3 - 7 replicates per tissue) collected between 10 and 20 weeks gestational time were sequenced using Illumina TruSeq Stranded Total RNA
BioProject: PRJNA270632
Publication: PMID 26076956
Analysis date: Mon Apr 2 22:54:59 2018

Bibliography

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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Characterization of erythroferrone oligomerization and its impact on BMP antagonism.
Title: Characterization of erythroferrone oligomerization and its impact on BMP antagonism.
Characterization of erythroferrone structural domains relevant to its iron-regulatory function.
Title: Characterization of erythroferrone structural domains relevant to its iron-regulatory function.
Placental Erythroferrone and Erythropoietin mRNA Expression is not Associated with Maternal or Neonatal Iron Status in Adolescents Carrying Singletons and Adult Women Carrying Multiples.
Title: Placental Erythroferrone and Erythropoietin mRNA Expression is not Associated with Maternal or Neonatal Iron Status in Adolescents Carrying Singletons and Adult Women Carrying Multiples.
In Silico Pan-Cancer Analysis Reveals Prognostic Role of the Erythroferrone (ERFE) Gene in Human Malignancies.
Title: In Silico Pan-Cancer Analysis Reveals Prognostic Role of the Erythroferrone (ERFE) Gene in Human Malignancies.
Plasma Complement C1q/tumor necrosis factor-related protein 15 concentration is associated with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Title: Plasma Complement C1q/tumor necrosis factor-related protein 15 concentration is associated with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Serum erythroferrone levels during the first month of life in premature infants.
Title: Serum erythroferrone levels during the first month of life in premature infants.
Higher serum level of CTRP15 in patients with coronary artery disease is associated with disease severity, body mass index and insulin resistance.
Title: Higher serum level of CTRP15 in patients with coronary artery disease is associated with disease severity, body mass index and insulin resistance.
Umbilical Cord Erythroferrone Is Inversely Associated with Hepcidin, but Does Not Capture the Most Variability in Iron Status of Neonates Born to Teens Carrying Singletons and Women Carrying Multiples.
Title: Umbilical Cord Erythroferrone Is Inversely Associated with Hepcidin, but Does Not Capture the Most Variability in Iron Status of Neonates Born to Teens Carrying Singletons and Women Carrying Multiples.
The impacts of C1q/TNF-related protein-15 and adiponectin on Interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in primary macrophages of patients with coronary artery diseases.
Title: The impacts of C1q/TNF-related protein-15 and adiponectin on Interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α in primary macrophages of patients with coronary artery diseases.
Differentiating iron-loading anemias using a newly developed and analytically validated ELISA for human serum erythroferrone.
Title: Differentiating iron-loading anemias using a newly developed and analytically validated ELISA for human serum erythroferrone.

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Phenotypes

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Variation

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables hormone activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables hormone activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables hormone activity	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
enables identical protein binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables molecular sequestering activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in intracellular iron ion homeostasis	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in intracellular iron ion homeostasis	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
involved_in negative regulation of BMP signaling pathway	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in negative regulation of apoptotic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in negative regulation of apoptotic process	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
involved_in negative regulation of autophagy	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in negative regulation of autophagy	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
involved_in negative regulation of gluconeogenesis	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in negative regulation of osteoblast differentiation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in negative regulation of osteoblast differentiation	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
acts_upstream_of negative regulation of osteoclast differentiation	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
involved_in positive regulation of D-glucose import across plasma membrane	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in positive regulation of insulin receptor signaling pathway	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info
involved_in regulation of signal transduction	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in signal transduction	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
is_active_in extracellular region	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in extracellular region	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in extracellular region	ISS Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: erythroferrone

Names: complement C1q tumor necrosis factor-related protein 15; family with sequence similarity 132, member B; myonectin; protein FAM132B

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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mRNA and Protein(s)

NM_001291832.2 → NP_001278761.1 erythroferrone precursor

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Status: VALIDATED

Source sequence(s)

AC016757, AI362696, BC047423, H05276, KF984314

Consensus CDS

CCDS77548.1

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

Q4G0M1, W8S2M9

Related

ENSP00000442304.1, ENST00000546354.6

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2025_08

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Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

NC_000002.12 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Range

238158970..238168890

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Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

NC_060926.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Range

238648711..238658631

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Suppressed Reference Sequence(s)

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NM_152521.1: Suppressed sequence

Description

NM_152521.1: This RefSeq was permanently suppressed because currently there is insufficient support for the transcript and the protein.