Beta-globulin

Phaseolus vulgaris L. China Alpha-globuline, beta-globulin, fatty acids, vitamins A, B, and B2 robinin, kaempferol-3 -robinobiosido-7 -rhamnoside.48 Diuretic, for abscesses, beri-beri, dysentery, sores, swelling. 

Genetics of Beta-globulin polymorphism in British cattle. Nature, 182, 370 (1958). 

K Kubo, E Honda, M Imoto, Y Murishima. Capillary zone electrophoresis of albumin-depleted human serum using a linear polyacrylamide-coated capillary Separation of serum alpha- and beta-globulins into individual components. Electrophoresis 21 396-402, 2000. 

Alpha2-macroglobulin Ceruloplasmin Haptoglobin Beta-globulins C-reactive protein Amyloid A... 

Figure 26. Polarographic determination of cathepsin in electrophoretic fractions after addition of inactivated serum. From left, four pairs of polarograms albumin, alpha, beta, and gamma globulins. Cathepsin activity found only in alpha and beta globulins.

The lipids in plasma are associated closely with protein, mainly with the alpha and beta globulin fractions, and recent investigation has indicated that lipoprotein complexes are of great metabolic importance. They appear to play a role in antigen-antibody reactions, and certain lipoproteins may be implicated in the development of atherosclerosis. 

Free iron ions are very toxic. So, the iron molecule is always transported in combination with protein 2 atoms of ferric iron are bound to 1 molecule of beta globulin protein called transferring—and the combination forms transferritin. When the level of iron ions exceeds the binding capacity of the transferrin, iron toxemia occurs. Normally, the amount of iron in plasma is sufficient to bind only 1/3 of the transferring—the remaining 2/3 represents the unbound reserve. 

Rosenbaum, W., Christy, N. P., and Kelly, W. G., 1966, Electrophoretic evidence for the presence of an estrogen-binding-beta-globulin in human plasma, /. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 26 1399. 

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