siderophilins

sid·er·oph·i·lins

(sid'ĕr-of'i-linz), Nonheme, iron-binding proteins; there are three central classes of siderophilins: transferrin (1) (in vertebrate blood), lactoferrin (in mammalian milk and other secretions), and conalbumin or ovotransferrin (avian blood and avian egg white).