Preferred Name

Ferritins [Chemical/Ingredient]

Synonyms

Ferritin

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000169639

altLabel

Ferritin

Ferritins

cui

C0015879

MESH DEFINITION

Iron-containing proteins that are widely distributed in animals, plants, and microorganisms. Their major function is to store IRON in a nontoxic bioavailable form. Each ferritin molecule consists of ferric iron in a hollow protein shell (APOFERRITINS) made of 24 subunits of various sequences depending on the species and tissue types.

MESH DUI

D005293

MeSH name

Ferritins

MESH UI

M0008355

NDFRT kind

INGREDIENT_KIND

notation

N0000169639

NUI

N0000169639

prefLabel

Ferritins [Chemical/Ingredient]

tui

T116

T123

T121

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000169637

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