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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Hemeproteins > Globins > Leghemoglobin
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Plant Proteins > Leghemoglobin

Preferred term

Leghemoglobin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Leghemoglobin A

Note

  • from leguminous plants

Scope note

  • A hemoglobin-like oxygen-binding hemeprotein present in the nitrogen-fixing root nodules of leguminous plants. The red pigment has a molecular weight approximately 1/4 that of hemoglobin and has been suggested to act as an oxido-reduction catalyst in symbiotic nitrogen fixation.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under HEMEPROTEINS 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007874

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