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metalloprotein

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metalloprotein /me·tal·lo·pro·tein/ (-pro´tēn) a protein molecule with a bound metal ion, e.g., hemoglobin.
me·tal·lo·pro·tein (m-tl-prtn)
n.
A protein containing a metal ion within its structure.

metalloprotein
[mətal′ōprō′tēn]
a protein that contains one or more metal atoms.

metalloprotein [mĕ-tal″o-pro´tēn]
a protein molecule bound to a metal ion, e.g., hemoglobin.

metalloprotein
(mital´ōprō´tēn),
n a protein with a tightly bound metal ion or ions, such as hemoglobin.

metalloprotein
a protein molecule bound to a metal ion, e.g. hemoglobin.


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It is an iron-containing, tetrameric metalloprotein that consists of two pairs of unlike globin chains (i.
95 Hardcover QP519 This text for students with a background in the life sciences or related fields serves as an introduction to biomolecular EPR spectroscopy, its basic principles, theory, and applications, including low-spin and high-spin metalloproteins, spin traps and labels, interaction between active sites, and redox systems.
The latter metal chelating activity was presumed feasible because apoMT showed iron binding capability in acidic and reducing lysosomal-like environment; thus, the metalloprotein would stabilized lysosomes in iron enriched cells.
 
 
 
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