Category: Glycoprotein
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Ovotransferrin aka conalbumin
OvotransferrinĀ (conalbumin) is aĀ glycoproteinĀ ofĀ egg white albumen.Ā Egg white albumen is composed of multipleĀ proteins, of which ovotransferrin is the most heat reliable. It has a molecular weight of 76,000Ā daltonsĀ and contains about 700Ā amino acids. Ovotransferrin makes up approximately 13% of egg albumen (in contrast toĀ ovalbumin, which comprises 54%).Ā As a member of theĀ transferrinĀ andĀ metalloproteinaseĀ family, ovotransferrin has been found to possess antibacterial…
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Sortilin
SortilinĀ (SORT1) is aĀ proteinĀ that in humans is encoded by theĀ SORT1Ā geneĀ onĀ chromosome 1.Ā This protein is a type I membraneĀ glycoproteinĀ in theĀ vacuolar protein sortingĀ 10 protein (Vps10p) family of sorting receptors. While it is ubiquitously expressed in many tissues,Ā sortilin is most abundant in theĀ central nervous system. At the cellular level, sortilin functions in protein transport between theĀ Golgi apparatus,Ā endosome,Ā lysosome, andĀ plasma membrane, leading…
