ferritin

ferritin

See also: Ferritin

Structure of the ferritin complex.

English

Noun

ferritin (plural ferritins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits.

Derived terms

• apoferritin
• bacterioferritin
• ferritinemia
• ferritinic
• ferritinophagy
• holoferritin
• phytoferritin

 

Translations

any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits

Chinese: Mandarin: 鐵蛋白 (zh), 铁蛋白 (zh) (tiědànbái)

Finnish: ferritiini Portuguese: ferritina f