A new function for transferrin receptor in cellular iron uptake.
Transferrin receptors may facilitate the release of iron from transferrin at mildly acidic pH, possibly a key reaction in making iron available to cells and allowing transferrin to be recycled back to the cell surface for release from the cell.
D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D011990:Receptors, Transferrin / Q000502:physiology*; D014168:Transferrin / Q000378:metabolism
D011990:Receptors, Transferrin; D014168:Transferrin; D007501:Iron