Transcobalamins are carrier proteins which bind cobalamin (B12).
| transcobalamin I (vitamin B12 binding protein, R binder family) | |||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | TCN1 | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 6947 | ||||||
| HGNC | 11652 | ||||||
| OMIM | 189905 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_001062 | ||||||
| UniProt | P20061 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Locus | Chr. 11 q11-q12 | ||||||
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| transcobalamin II; macrocytic anemia | |||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | TCN2 | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 6948 | ||||||
| HGNC | 11653 | ||||||
| OMIM | 275350 | ||||||
| PDB | 2BB5 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_000355 | ||||||
| UniProt | P20062 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Locus | Chr. 22 q11.2-qter | ||||||
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Types edit
Transcobalamin I (TCN1), also known as haptocorrin (HC), R-factor, and R-protein, is a glycoprotein produced by the salivary glands of the mouth. It primarily serves to protect cobalamin (Vitamin B12) from acid degradation in the stomach by producing a HC-Vitamin B12 complex. Once the complex has traveled to the more pH-neutral duodenum, pancreatic proteases degrade haptocorrin, releasing free cobalamin, which now binds to intrinsic factor for absorption by ileal enterocytes.
Separate from the digestive absorption function, serum TCN1 binds 80-90% of circulating B12, rendering it unavailable for cellular delivery by TCN2.[1] Several serious, even life-threatening diseases cause elevated serum HC, measured as abnormally high serum vitamin B12.[2]
Transcobalamin II (TCN2), a nonglycoprotein secretory protein of molecular mass 43 kDa, binds cobalamin once it has been taken up by enterocytes of the terminal ileum and the "Intrinsic Factor-Vitamin B12" complex has been degraded. TCN2 is then involved with the transport of Vitamin B12 to the tissues, where it binds to its plasma membrane receptor (TCN2-R), a heavily glycosylated protein with a monomeric molecular mass of 62 kDa, and releases cobalamin to the cells.[3]
References edit
- ^ McCorvie TJ, Ferreira D, Yue WW, Froese DS (May 2023). "The complex machinery of human cobalamin metabolism". J Inherit Metab Dis. 46 (3): 406–20. doi:10.1002/jimd.12593. PMID 36680553.
- ^ Ermens AA, Vlasveld LT, Lindemans J (November 2003). "Significance of elevated cobalamin (vitamin B12) levels in blood". Clin Biochem. 36 (8): 585–90. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2003.08.004. PMID 14636871.
- ^ Seetharam B, Li N (2000). "Transcobalamin II and its cell surface receptor". Vitam Horm. 59: 337–66. doi:10.1016/s0083-6729(00)59012-8. PMID 10714245.
External links edit
- Transcobalamins at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)