globin
Any globular protein that incorporates a globin fold.
Other meanings
One of several polypeptides that are the protein components of haemoglobin or myoglobin.
Related words
- alpha globin
- androglobin
- apoglobin
- beta globin
- choleglobin
- cytoglobin
- flavoglobin
- haptoglobin
- hemoglobin
- microglobin
- myoglobin
- neuroglobin
Word history
From Latin "globus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “globin” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.