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<StructureSection load=' | <StructureSection load='' size='450' side='right' caption='Human siderocalin complex with the siderophore carboxymycobactin (PDB code [[1x89]])' scene='48/488406/Cv/1' > | ||
== Function == | == Function == | ||
'''Siderocalin''' (Scn) or '''neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin''' binds ferric siderophores in order to intercept delivery of iron to bacteria which require it thus impeding their virulence<ref>PMID:19053425</ref>. | '''Siderocalin''' (Scn) or '''neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin''' binds ferric siderophores in order to intercept delivery of iron to bacteria which require it thus impeding their virulence<ref>PMID:19053425</ref>. | ||
