PMID: 7372632Jun 10, 1980Paper

Differential turnover of rat liver isoferritins.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Y KohgoJ W Drysdale

Abstract

Rat liver ferritins consist of families of isoferritins fashioned from different proportions of two subunit types, H and L. Iron administration alters both the absolute and the relative amounts of these isoferritins through an increase in L-rich forms. This phenotype change represents preferential synthesis of L-rich isoferritins together with a faster degradation of H-rich isoferritins. The turnover rates of isoferritins in the same liver are markedly different and vary progressively with subunit composition. The H and L subunits in individual isoferritins appear to turn over at similar rates, suggesting that the various isoferritins are degraded as intact shells rather than through exchange and degradation of subunits.

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