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Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Metalloproteins » Hemocyanins
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Description
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. MeSH
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