Reaction: Lactoferrin scavenges iron ions
- in pathway: Metal sequestration by antimicrobial proteins
Lactoferrin is secreted from many tissues to collect stray iron ions that can catalyze unwanted reactions, and to starve microorganisms of this important metal. One molecule of lactoferrin can load two ferric (Fe(3+)) ions together with two carbonate (CO3(2-)) anions (Haridas et al. 1995).
Reaction - small molecule participants:
CO3(2-) [phagocytic vesicle lumen]
Fe3+ [phagocytic vesicle lumen]
Reactome.org reaction link: R-HSA-1222491
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Reaction input - small molecules:
carbonate
iron(3+)
Reaction output - small molecules:
Reactome.org link: R-HSA-1222491