Vitellogenin - Components of Vitellinogen

Components of Vitellinogen

In vertebrates, a complete vitellinogen is composed of:

  • an N-terminal signal peptide for export,
  • and four regions that can be cleaved into yolk proteins, these are:
    • lipovitellin-1,
    • phosvitin,
    • lipovitellin-2,
    • von Willebrand factor type D domain (YGP40).

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