"Transcobalamins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of carrier proteins which bind with VITAMIN B12 in the BLOOD and aid in its transport. Transcobalamin I migrates electrophoretically as a beta-globulin, while transcobalamins II and III migrate as alpha-globulins.
| Descriptor ID |
D014155
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.790.900 D12.776.157.800 D12.776.377.715.900
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| Concept/Terms |
Transcobalamins- Transcobalamins
- Vitamin B12-Binding Proteins
- Proteins, Vitamin B12-Binding
- Vitamin B12 Binding Proteins
- Cobalamin-Binding Proteins
- Cobalamin Binding Proteins
- Proteins, Cobalamin-Binding
- Vitamin B 12-Binding Proteins
- Vitamin B 12 Binding Proteins
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Hu Y, Raffield LM, Polfus LM, Moscati A, Nadkarni G, Preuss MH, Zhong X, Wei Q, Rich SS, Li Y, Wilson JG, Correa A, Loos RJF, Li B, Auer PL, Reiner AP. A common TCN1 loss-of-function variant is associated with lower vitamin B12 concentration in African Americans. Blood. 2018 06 21; 131(25):2859-2863.