Definition of Globin

1. Noun. A colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells.

Exact synonyms: Haematohiston, Hematohiston
Generic synonyms: Simple Protein
Substance meronyms: Haemoglobin, Hb, Hemoglobin

Definition of Globin

1. Noun. One of several polypeptides that are the protein components of haemoglobin in blood. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Globin

1. a simple protein [n -S]

Medical Definition of Globin

1. The polypeptide moiety of haemoglobin. In the adult human the haemoglobin molecule has two _ (141 residues) and two _ (146 residues) globin chains. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Globin

globelike
globemaker
globemakers
globemaking
globes
globesity
globetrot
globetrots
globetrotted
globetrotter
globetrotters
globetrotting
globi
globiferous
globigerina
globin (current term)
globin gene
globin insulin
globin zinc insulin
globing
globins
globocrat
globoid
globoid cell
globoid cell leukodystrophy
globoids
globose
globosely
globoses
globoside

Literary usage of Globin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1906)
"Other observers have proceeded similarly, but if globin is not wanted as such, salt may be added, the solution may be boiled, the amount of acid be varied, ..."

2. Chemistry of the Proteids by Gustav Mann (1906)
"Lawrow found 94'09 per cent globin, 4'47 per cent haematin, and only T44 per ... The union between globin and haematin must be an exceedingly feeble one, ..."

3. The Physical Chemistry of the Proteins by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1918)
"globin. — globin may best be prepared by the following modification of the method devised by Schulz (39) (37). A thick suspension of ox-corpuscles is ..."

4. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology by Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1901)
"A neutral perfectly transparent solution of globin was thus obtained. The chief properties of the solution were the following. ..."

5. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1905)
"... globin dissociates more readily than would otherwise be the case. This is observed at least when the oxygen is under a low pressure, such as occurs, ..."

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