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    Serum albumin structure 2

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    Serum albumin (SA) is the most abundant protein in the blood plasma of mammals. SA has a characteristic heart-shape structure and is a highly versatile protein. It helps maintain normal water levels in our tissues and carries almost half of all calcium ions in human blood. SA also transports some hormones, nutrients and metals throughout the bloodstream. Despite being very similar to our own SA, those from other animals can cause some mild allergies in people. Therefore, some scientists study SAs from humans and other mammals to learn more about what subtle structural or other differences cause immune responses in the body.

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    Internal NoteWladek Minor supplied the image and gave permission for public use: 1/18/2016 Wladek Minor [wladek@iwonka.med.virginia.edu] Sunday, January 17, 2016 12:09 PM Dear Martin, Thank you for your interest in our work. Please find enclosed several variations of pictures related to albumin paper Please select these that you like the best. Have a nice weekend Wladek PS. Sorry for delay - I had a visitor and several deadlines. Moreover, my e-mail was to large and bounced back. On 1/15/2016 12:52 PM, Spiering, Martin (NIH/NIGMS) [C] wrote: Dear Dr. Minor, A couple of days ago, I had reached out to you to ask whether you may have an unpublished image of the serum albumin "heart-shaped" structure that you could make available to us for a blog post featuring your work. Because I've not heard back from you, I just wanted to check whether you got my note. The image is from this paper: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401331/. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you very much, Martin Martin J Spiering, PhD, ELS Science Writer & Editor (contractor) OCPL, National Institutes of Health/NIGMS martin.spiering@nih.gov
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    InvestigatorWladek Minor, University of Virginia
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