HEMOPROTEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemoprotein mean? 

• HEMOPROTEIN (noun)
  The noun HEMOPROTEIN has 1 sense:

1. a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin

  Familiarity information: HEMOPROTEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMOPROTEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

haemoprotein; hemoprotein

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))

 Context examples 

The metal ion can be an isolated ion or coordinated with a nonprotein organic compound, such as the porphyrin moiety found in hemoproteins.

(Metalloprotein, NCI Thesaurus)

Cytochrome P450 Family Genes encode Cytochrome P450 isozymes, hemoprotein components of the mixed-function oxidase system involving electron and/or hydrogen transport through reversible valency change of the heme iron and metabolic biotransformation of substances, including foreign compounds to mutagens and carcinogens.

(Cytochrome P450 Family Gene, NCI Thesaurus)