Biologically Active Substance
globin
glo·bin [ gloh-bin ]
Subclass of:
Hemeproteins
Definitions related to globin:
  • Protein constituent of hemoglobin; also used for any member of a group of proteins similar to the typical globin; do not confuse with GLOBULIN.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A superfamily of proteins containing the globin fold which is composed of 6-8 alpha helices arranged in a characterstic HEME enclosing structure.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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