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One of the CBI Molecules being studied in the University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemistry-Biology Interface Program at UMass Amherst and on display at the Molecular Playground.

is a 80 KDa bilobal, iron binding glycoprotein. In Apo transferrin (iron free form), N-lobe (brown) and C-lobe (green) bind to one ferric ion each to keep ferric ion in solution or transport to iron requiring cells

Transferrin delivers iron to iron requiring cells by receptor-mediated endocytosis. At basic pH of cell surface diferric HTf binds to human transferrin receptor (hTfR). Upon binding, iron bound hTf-hTfR is internalized in the cell by endocytosis. In the acidic condition of endosome iron is release from hTf into the cells. The ApohTf-HTfR complex is recycled back to the cell surface and at the basic pH of cell surface transferrin unbounds from the TfR. Both N-lobe and C-lobe undergoes