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hemoprotein
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | hemoprotein - a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrinhaemoproteincompound protein, conjugated protein - a protein complex combining amino acids with other substanceshaemoglobin, Hb, hemoglobin - a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals"myoglobin - a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until neededcytochrome - (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration) |
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hemoprotein [he″mo-pro´tēn] a conjugated protein whose nonprotein portion is heme" >heme; examples include catalase" >catalase, cytochrome" >cytochrome, hemoglobin" >hemoglobin, and myoglobin." >myoglobin.he·mo·pro·tein (hē'mō-prō'tēn), Protein linked to a metal-porphyrin compound (for example, cytochromes, myoglobin, catalase).he·mo·pro·tein (hē'mō-prō'tēn) Protein linked to a metal-porphyrin compound (e.g., cytochromes, myoglobin, catalase).
Synonym(s): haemoprotein. hemoprotein
Related to hemoprotein: flavoprotein, heme proteinSynonyms for hemoproteinnoun a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrinSynonymsRelated Words- compound protein
- conjugated protein
- haemoglobin
- Hb
- hemoglobin
- myoglobin
- cytochrome
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