noun
- Plural of conalbumin; iron-binding proteins found in egg white and other biological fluids, related to transferrin.
Usage: technical; biochemistry
Examples
- Conalbumins are abundant proteins in chicken egg white.
- The conalbumins in serum play a role in iron transport.
- Researchers studied the binding properties of conalbumins to understand metal ion sequestration.
- Conalbumins belong to the transferrin family of proteins.