Globular protein

In biochemistry, globular proteins or spheroproteins are spherical ("globe-like") proteins and are one of the common protein types (the others being fibrous, disordered and membrane proteins). Globular proteins are somewhat water-soluble (forming colloids in water), unlike the fibrous or membrane proteins.^[1] There are multiple fold classes of globular proteins, since there are many different architectures that can fold into a roughly spherical shape.

The term globin can refer more specifically to proteins including the globin fold.^[2]

^ Andreeva A, Howorth D, Chothia C, Kulesha E, Murzin AG (January 2014). "SCOP2 prototype: a new approach to protein structure mining". Nucleic Acids Research. 42 (Database issue): D310-4. doi:10.1093/nar/gkt1242. PMC 3964979. PMID 24293656.
^ Globins at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

[1] Andreeva A, Howorth D, Chothia C, Kulesha E, Murzin AG (January 2014). "SCOP2 prototype: a new approach to protein structure mining". Nucleic Acids Research. 42 (Database issue): D310-4. doi:10.1093/nar/gkt1242. PMC 3964979. PMID 24293656.

[2] Globins at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

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