Definition of Haptoglobin
1. Noun. A protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds).
Definition of Haptoglobin
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Medical Definition of Haptoglobin
1.
Acid _2 plasma glycoprotein that binds to oxyhaemoglobin that is free in the plasma and the complex is then removed in the liver.
Tetrameric (2 _, 2 _ subunits): the existence of two different _ chains in humans means that haptoglobins can exist in three variants in heterozygotes.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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