albumins

Also known as albumin

Albumin is a family of globular proteins, the most common of which are the serum albumins. All of the proteins of the albumin family are water-soluble, moderately soluble in concentrated salt solutions, and experience heat denaturation. Albumins are commonly found in blood plasma and differ from other blood proteins in that they are not glycosylated. Substances containing albumins are called albuminoids.

AI overview

Albumin is a common type of protein found in your blood that dissolves in water and can be affected by heat. These proteins are important because they play a key role in blood composition and are distinct from other blood proteins in that they lack a type of sugar coating called glycosylation.

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Key facts

Protein family.Symbol: Serum_albumin
Protein family.Name: Serum albumin family
Protein family.image: PDB 1ao6 EBI.jpg
Protein family.caption: Structure of serum albumin.
Protein family.Pfam: PF00273
Protein family.Pfam_clan: CL0282
Protein family.InterPro: IPR014760
Protein family.SMART: SM00103
Protein family.PROSITE: PS51438
Protein family.SCOP: 1ao6
Protein family.PDB: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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Research

336,697 papers

Overview of Albumin Physiology and its Role in Pediatric Diseases.ReviewCurrent gastroenterology reports · 2021Chen CB, Hammo B, Barry J et al.DOI: 10.1007/s11894-021-00813-6
[Role of albumins in burnt patients: its efficacy during intensive care. Addendum to the expert guidelines of the Consensus Conference, Paris December 15th 1995].Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation · 1996Sanchez RDOI: 10.1016/s0750-7658(96)89488-3
Albumins with new functions and clinical applications.Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics · 2009Otagiri M, Kragh-Hansen U, Imai TDOI: 10.2133/dmpk.24.285
Extravascular albumin.The New England journal of medicine · 1979Rothschild MA, Oratz M, Schreiber SSDOI: 10.1056/NEJM197908303010909
Wonderful albumin?BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 1995Soni NDOI: 10.1136/bmj.310.6984.887
Serum albumin.ReviewThe American journal of digestive diseases · 1969Rothschild MA, Oratz M, Schreiber SSDOI: 10.1007/BF02233577
Albumins and their processing machinery are hijacked for cyclic peptides in sunflower.Nature chemical biology · 2011Mylne JS, Colgrave ML, Daly NL et al.DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.542
[New concepts about the properties of albumins of body fluids and the identification of their different molecular variants].ReviewMedicinski arhiv · 1978Nikolić B, Nikolić V, Vitić J et al.

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: globular protein

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Commons category: Albumins

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Function
Classification
Other albumin types
Structure
Forensic detection
Etymology
See also
References
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A number of blood transport proteins are evolutionarily related in the albumin family, including serum albumin, alpha-fetoprotein, vitamin D-binding protein and afamin. This family is only found in vertebrates.

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