Avidin
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biotin-binding protein found in eggs.
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- Avidin is produced in corn at a fraction of the cost that it can be produced in chicken eggs.
- Avidin is an egg-white derived glycoprotein with an extraordinarily high affinity (affinity constant > 1015 M-1) for biotin.
- Avidin is a glycoprotein found in chicken egg white, that sequesters the vitamin biotin.
- Avidin is a promising tag for fusion proteins produced in baculovirus-infected insect cells.
- Avidin is composed of four identical subunits, each of which has a binding site for biotin.
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