CBSE Class 11/12, AIPMT/NEET - Biology - List of Important Proteins and Their Occurrence (#cbsenotes)(#biologynotes)

List of Important Proteins and Their Occurrence

Protein	Found Where
Albumin	Egg White, Milk, Blood Plasma
Actin	Muscle Fibres (Contractile protein)
Collagen	Tendon, Bones
Casein	Milk, Egg Yolk
Keratin	Hair, Horn, feathers, Nail
Cytochrome	Mitochondria
Elastin	Arteries, Ligaments,Yellow Fibres
Fibroin	Silk
Formin	Cytoskeleton
Haemoglobin	Red Blood Cells
Glidin	Wheat
Oryzenin	Rice
Phosphoprotein	Milk, Yolk
Liboprotein	Cell Membrane
Nulceoprotein	Ribosomes, Virus, Chromosomes
Globulin	Blood Plasma, Milk, Soyabean
Glutelin	Cereals (e.g. Wheat)
Histones	Nucleic Acids
Glycoprotein	Mucus, Some Pitutary Hormons (FSH, LH)
Insulin	Pancreas
Protamines	Nuclues of Testes for spermatogenesis
RuBisCo	Plants, Algae, Cyanobacteria. The most abundant protein in the world. Does carbon fixation in photosynthesis.