Respiratory pigment

Noun

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Definitions

1.Nounany of several coloured metal-containing protein pigments which combine reversibly with oxygen and which are found in the tissues of vertebrates and invertebrates and whose role is to transport oxygen

Synonyms

respiratome histohaematin chromoprotein hemocyanin myohaematin hemopigment bilin cytochrome chromagen bacteriorhodopsin haemerythrin rubredoxin

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