ISSN:
1420-9071
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary In this review article, human lactotransferrin is compared to human serum transferrin and hen ovotransferrin. For the first time the possibility of a 6-fold internal homology of the transferrins is raised: a scheme in which 6 domains are defined is reported; two of them with the highest homology seem to be implicated in the 2 iron binding sites of each transferrin. The location of the disulfide bridges of the 3 transferrins and of their prosthetic sugar groups is discussed: some not yet described half-cystine containing lactotransferrin peptides are indicated.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01958861
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