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HEMOPROTEIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin

Synonyms:

haemoprotein; hemoprotein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("hemoprotein" is a kind of...):

compound protein; conjugated protein (a protein complex combining amino acids with other substances)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hemoprotein"):

haemoglobin; 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)

myoglobin (a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until needed)

cytochrome ((biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration))

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