globin

Noun

1. Any globular protein that incorporates a globin fold.
2. One of several polypeptides that are the protein components of haemoglobin or myoglobin.
   • Injuries and conditions that cause an acid pH environment cause the globin (protein) molecule to separate from the ferrihemate (iron-containing) component of the myoglobin molecule. - 2005, Sharon G. Childs,...
   • Globin switches in yolk sac–like primitive and fetal-like definitive red blood cells produced from human embryonic stem cells [title of article] - 2008 February 8, Caihong Qiu, Emmanuel N. Olivier, Michelle Velho, Eric...
   • The results showed that the globin expression in the erythroid cells in individual clones changed in a time-dependent manner. - 2008 October 2, Feng Ma et al., “Generation of functional erythrocytes from human embryonic...