ferritin
nounEtymology From Latin ferrātus (“iron-bearing”) and -in; compare also ferri- and ferro-.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits; the key protein of intracellular iron storage.
- Derived terms
- apoferritin, bacterioferritin, ferritinaemia, ferritinemia, ferritinic, ferritinophagy, holoferritin, isoferritin, magnetoferritin, maxiferritin, miniferritin, phytoferritin
- Related terms
- hematin, hemoglobin