transcuprein

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ cupro- +‎ -in

Noun

transcuprein (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A small protein with a specific role in plasma copper transport.
   • 2016 March 3, “Mechanism of Copper Uptake from Blood Plasma Ceruloplasmin by Mammalian Cells”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Albumin (about 69 kDa) has a very high affinity Cu(II) site at its N-terminus (Kd about 10−12 M) in most mammals; and transcuprein, which in humans is alpha-2-macroglobulin, has an even higher Cu affinity.