Transferrin Essay

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• TRANSPORT Proteins of iron transport, storage and recycling: Given the many essential functions of ironin oxygen-requiring processes,electron transport,and deoxyribonucleotide synthesis,it is not surprising that efficient mechanism have developed for iron assimilation and storage . if iron exceeds the sequestration capacity of iron binding protein present in different physiological compartments the free iron can participate in generation of highly toxic free radical, notably the hydroxyl which can cause tissue damage. In aerobic extracellular environment ferrous ion are readily oxidized to ferric ions, which can rapidly form complexeswith hydroxide ions or water to form relatively insoluble polyhydroxide . if these polyhydroxide form in …show more content…

Transferrins have a characteristic bilobar structure.Each lobe contains one iron binding site.binding of iron by transferring resulting conformation changes in each lobes.in the absence of bound Fe3+ the apotranferrin molecule is flexible. In the boundform it appears pincer likeclosed position. in healthy individuals,transferring is present in the plasma at a concentration of 25 to 50 μ but is only 50% satuarated.distribution of transferrin -27%diferric, 34% monoferric(23%with iron boundtothe N lobeand 11%with iron bound to C lobe and 39 % …show more content…

Other transport protein: A number of other protein present in plasma may play rolein iron transport these proteins are :Haptoglobin,hemopexin,ferritin,lactoferrin and albumin.
Lactoferrin(Fe3+) – it bind and remove iron form the circulation in infection. Hemopexin: Binds heme with very strong affinity, undergoes endocytosis by target cells and is recycled, like transferring, for reuse.Haptoglobins:-it binds hemoglobin ,undergoes endocytosis by targetcell but is not recycled . Albumin: most abundant protein,binds heme with very high affinity undergoes endocytosis.
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