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Lactoferrin
Lactoferrin in milk and tears grabs iron away from germs. Germs need iron to grow, so this slows them down.
Fun fact
Newborns get a big dose of lactoferrin from their mother's first milk.
Words to know
proteinimmune system
NGSS alignment
MS-LS1-3Body as a system
Structure
Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P02788. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P02788.
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