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Phosvitin MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Phosvitin
Tree Number(s)
D12.776.256.159.157.700
D12.776.290.700
D12.776.744.700
Unique ID
D010774
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010774
Annotation
an egg yolk protein
Scope Note
An egg yolk phosphoglycoprotein which contains about 90% of the yolk protein phosphorus. It is synthesized in the liver of the hen and transferred to the developing oocyte, where it is bound to lipoproteins within the yolk granules.
Entry Term(s)
Phosphovitellin
Registry Numbers
9008-96-2
CAS Type 1 Name
Phosvitins
Previous Indexing
Egg Proteins (1973-1974)
Phosphoproteins (1973-1974)
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under EGG PROTEINS 1975-90
History Note
91(75); was see under EGG PROTEINS 1975-90
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1974/11/11
Revision Date
2019/07/08
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