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Hemocyanins  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Hemocyanin

Scope note

  • Metalloproteins that function as oxygen transport proteins in the HEMOLYMPH of MOLLUSKS and ARTHROPODS. They are characterized by two copper atoms, coordinated with HISTIDINE residues, that reversibly bind a single oxygen molecule; they do not contain HEME groups.

History note

  • 2018 (1964)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006433

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