Lactoferrin scavenges iron ions Authored: Stephan, R, 2011-01-10 Edited: Jassal, B, 2011-02-28 Lactoferrin is secreted from many tissues to collect stray iron ions that can catalyze unwanted reactions, and to starve microorganisms of this important metal. One molecule of lactoferrin can load two ferric (Fe(3+)) ions together with two carbonate (CO3(2-)) anions (Haridas et al. 1995). Pubmed15299793 Reactome Database ID Release 431222491 Reactome, http://www.reactome.org ReactomeREACT_121328 Reviewed: Warner, D, 2012-04-30 has a Stoichiometric coefficient of 2 Lactoferrin (loaded)