ferritin

See also: Ferritin

English

Structure of the ferritin complex.

Alternative forms

• ferratin (dated)

Etymology

From Latin ferrātus (“iron-bearing”) and -in; compare also ferri- and ferro-.

Noun

ferritin (plural ferritins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits; the key protein of intracellular iron storage.

   Coordinate term: transferrin (key protein of extracellular iron transport)

Derived terms

• apoferritin
• bacterioferritin
• ferritinaemia
• ferritinemia
• ferritinic
• ferritinophagy
• holoferritin
• isoferritin
• magnetoferritin
• maxiferritin
• miniferritin
• phytoferritin

Translations

any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits

• Catalan: ferritina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐵蛋白 / 铁蛋白 (zh) (tiědànbái)

• Finnish: ferritiini
• Italian: ferritina (it) f
• Portuguese: ferritina f
• Spanish: ferritina (es) f
• Turkish: ferritin

See also

• hematin
• hemoglobin