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MeSH Heading: Hemocyanins
Tree Number(s): D12.776.093.375; D12.776.556.462; D23.767.482
Unique ID: D006433
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006433
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Hemocyanin; alpha-Haemocyanin; alpha-Hemocyanin; alpha-Hemocyanins
CAS Type 1 Name: Hemocyanins
NLM Classification #: QU 55.8
Public MeSH Note: 2018; see HEMOCYANIN 1964-2017
History Note: 2018 (1964)
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/06/29

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