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Human lactoferrin
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Human lactoferrin, LF, is a protein in the transferrin family. As such, it has the ability to tightly bind iron in conjunction with a large-scale conformational change associated with iron binding and release.<ref name="faber">PMID:8594202</ref> These properties give lactoferrin the ability to regulate iron, and possibly other metal, ion levels in the fluids and secretions, such as milk, of animals.<ref name="faber" /> Lactoferrin is folded into two lobes: the N-terminal half, LF<sub>N</sub> ([[1dsn]]), and the C-terminal half, LF<sub>C</sub>. The two LF lobes have 37% homology and very similar tertiary structures; it has been suggested that the two lobes are the product of gene duplication.<ref name="farnaud" /> Each lobe of LF<sub>N</sub> is further subdivided into two similarly sized α and β domains (Figure 1); the <scene name='Sandbox_Reserved_302/Ligand_site/1'>iron binding site</scene> is situated in a deep cleft between the two domains.<ref name="faber" /> | Human lactoferrin, LF, is a protein in the transferrin family. As such, it has the ability to tightly bind iron in conjunction with a large-scale conformational change associated with iron binding and release.<ref name="faber">PMID:8594202</ref> These properties give lactoferrin the ability to regulate iron, and possibly other metal, ion levels in the fluids and secretions, such as milk, of animals.<ref name="faber" /> Lactoferrin is folded into two lobes: the N-terminal half, LF<sub>N</sub> ([[1dsn]]), and the C-terminal half, LF<sub>C</sub>. The two LF lobes have 37% homology and very similar tertiary structures; it has been suggested that the two lobes are the product of gene duplication.<ref name="farnaud" /> Each lobe of LF<sub>N</sub> is further subdivided into two similarly sized α and β domains (Figure 1); the <scene name='Sandbox_Reserved_302/Ligand_site/1'>iron binding site</scene> is situated in a deep cleft between the two domains.<ref name="faber" /> | ||
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