Apoferritin

Introduction: Apoferritin

Description of Apoferritin

Apoferritin: The protein components of ferritins. Apoferritins are shell-like structures containing nanocavities and ferroxidase activities. Apoferritin shells are composed of 24 subunits, heteropolymers in vertebrates and homopolymers in bacteria. In vertebrates, there are two types of subunits, light chain and heavy chain. The heavy chain contains the ferroxidase activity.
Source: MeSH 2007

Apoferritin: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Apoferritin:

• Protein
• Intestinal
• Intestinal symptoms (5299 causes)
• Intestinal disease
• Intestinal disorder
• Intestinal pain
• Wall
• Ferric
• Hydroxide
• Phosphate

Hierarchical classifications of Apoferritin

The following list attempts to classify Apoferritin into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • Proteins
    • Apoproteins
      • Apoferritins

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • Proteins
    • Carrier Proteins
      • Iron-Binding Proteins
        • Ferritins
          • Apoferritins

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • Proteins
    • Metalloproteins
      • Iron-Binding Proteins
        • Ferritins
          • Apoferritins

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