Haptoglobins

**Definition:** Plasma glycoproteins that form a stable complex with hemoglobin to aid the recycling of heme iron. They are encoded in man by a gene on the short arm of chromosome 16.

**Tree numbers:** - D09.400.430.900.373 - D12.776.124.050.300 - D12.776.124.790.106.394 - D12.776.377.715.085.394 - D12.776.395.560.373

**Synonyms:** - Haptoglobin