Iron binding protein is: September 2010
Correct Answer: Transferrin
Description: Ans. C: TransferrinIron-binding proteins are carrier proteins and metalloproteins which play many impoant roles in metabolism. They bind Iron and can therefore inhibit microbial growth.Two iron-binding proteins are lactoferrin and transferrin.Some of the iron after absorption is stored in ferritin, and the remainder is transpoed out of the enterocytes by a transpoer named ferropoin 1. Hephaestin is associated with ferropoin 1.
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