Question

HSA comes under which protein family?

(a) Globulin

(b) Receptor

(c) Enzymes

(d) Catalyst

I had been asked this question in an interview.

Query is from Plasma Protein Drug Binding topic in section Protein Binding of Drugs of Drug Biotechnology

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) Globulin

To explain I would say: The human serum albumin is the most abundant protein in the human body. It has a large drug binding capacity. It can bind to several compounds with a variety of structure. There are 4 different drugs binding site in HSA. It is of globulin family.