Concept information
Preferred term
Hemocyanins
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
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)
In other languages
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Finnish
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hemosyaniini
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006433
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