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bfrb3336bacterioferrin, an iron storage homoprotein EG10113 FUNCTION: MAY PERFORM ANALOGOUS FUNCTIONS IN IRON DETOXIFICATION AND STORAGE AS THAT OF ANIMAL FERRITINS. SUBUNIT: OLIGOMER OF 24 IDENTICAL SUBUNITS. MISCELLANEOUS: BACTERIOFERRITIN CONTAINS PROTOHEME IX IN ADDITION TO THEIR NON-HAEM IRON CORE. SIMILARITY: BELONGS TO THE BACTERIOFERRITIN FAMILY.