conalbumin

conalbumin
A glycoprotein containing d-mannose and d-galactose, constituting about 12% of total solids of egg white. It will bind iron ions. SYN: ovotransferrin.

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con·al·bu·min .kän-al-'byü-mən, 'kän-al-. n a protein of the white of an egg that is obtained from the filtrate from the crystallization of ovalbumin and that combines with iron salts to form a red iron-protein complex

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con·al·bu·min (kon″al-buґmin) a glucoprotein, formed by the acidification of egg white to pH 3.9, containing 2.1 per cent of mannose and 0.7 per cent of galactose; the noncrystalline part of egg albumin.

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