Iron-containing proteins that are widely distributed in animals, plants, and microorganisms. Their major function is to store IRON in a nontoxic bioavailable form. Each ferritin molecule consists of ferric iron in a hollow protein shell (APOFERRITINS) made of 24 subunits of various sequences depending on the species and tissue types.
Synonyms: 0, Basic Isoferritin, Ferritin, Isoferritin, Isoferritin, Basic, Ferritins, 9007-73-2
Instance information
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2007 (1966); for ISOFERRITIN use FERRITIN (NM) 1972-2006 ,2007; see FERRITIN 1966-2006; ISOFERRITIN was indexed under FERRITIN 1972-2006
identifier
D005293