Metalloprotein is a generic term for a protein that contains a metal ion cofactor. A large proportion of all proteins are part of this category. For instance...

12 to 20 grams of hemoglobin in every 100 mL of blood. Hemoglobin is a metalloprotein, a chromoprotein, and globulin. In mammals, hemoglobin makes up about...

A respiratory pigment is a metalloprotein that serves a variety of important functions, its main being O2 transport. Other functions performed include...

ion binding site, and Suslick has proposed that the ORs are in fact metalloproteins (mostly likely with zinc, copper and possibly manganese ions) that...

groups in green. From PDB: 4MQJ​, by authors Soman, J. and Olson J.S. Protein type metalloprotein, globulin Function oxygen-transport Cofactor(s) heme (4)...

include coenzyme M, CH3SCH2CH2SO−3, the immediate precursor to methane. Metalloproteins—in which the active site is a transition metal ion (or metal-sulfide...

Hyperelastosis cutis or hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia Hemocyanin, a metalloprotein abbreviated Hc HC smoke, a US military designation for Hexachloroethane...

MetHb) (pronounced "met-hemoglobin") is a hemoglobin in the form of metalloprotein, in which the iron in the heme group is in the Fe3+ (ferric) state,...

hormone receptor, also known as a nuclear receptor, which is a large metalloprotein. Upon steroid binding, many kinds of steroid receptors dimerize: two...

through the stinger into the intended victim. The stinger contains metalloproteins with zinc, hardening the tip. The optimal stinging angle is around...

limpet hemocyanin (KLH) is a large, multisubunit, oxygen-carrying, metalloprotein that is found in the hemolymph of the giant keyhole limpet, Megathura...

and brain. In the human brain, the manganese is bound to manganese metalloproteins, most notably glutamine synthetase in astrocytes. It is familiar in...

includes the study of both natural phenomena such as the behavior of metalloproteins as well as artificially introduced metals, including those that are...

dictionary. Red blood may refer to: Hematology: Hemoglobin, an iron-based metalloprotein compound and system for transporting oxygen, found in the blood all...

and various enzymes of cofactor biosynthesis, peptide modification, metalloprotein cluster formation, tRNA modification, lipid metabolism, etc. Some radical...

transferring electrons. Metalloproteins are a group of proteins with metal ion cofactors. Some examples of iron metalloproteins are ferritin and rubredoxin...

and shown by him to be the active component of the integral membrane metalloprotein cytochrome c oxidase. The final structural question of the exact geometric...

hemocyanin is a distinct variation specific to arthropods and is a metalloprotein that uses copper atoms that are bound to its structure. Two copper atoms...

energy from proteins and fats. Although far less common than other metalloproteins (e.g. those of zinc and iron), other cobaltoproteins are known besides...

transport of CuMbn. Rosenzweig determined structures of important metalloproteins, exerting sustained influence on the field of bioinorganic chemistry...

Uversky, Vladimir N.; Permyakov, Eugene A. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Metalloproteins, New York, NY: Springer, pp. 33–34, doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-1533-6_105...

metal-ion binding site, and Suslick has proposed that the ORs are in fact metalloproteins (most likely with zinc, copper, and manganese ions) that serve as a...

Vertebrate red blood cells consist mainly of hemoglobin, a complex metalloprotein containing heme groups whose iron atoms temporarily bind to oxygen molecules...

in Kretsinger RH, Uversky VN & Permyakov EA (eds), Encyclopedia of Metalloproteins, Springer, New York, doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-1533-6_582 Roscoe HE &...

biophysics, and drug discovery. In 1994 at CERM the first structure of a metalloprotein was discovered through NMR using structural constraints due to the paramagnetic...

transport oxygen throughout the bodies of some invertebrate animals. These metalloproteins contain two copper atoms that reversibly bind a single oxygen molecule...

prototype of the blue copper proteins, a family of intensely blue-colored metalloproteins. Specifically, it falls into the group of small type I blue copper...

proteins in living beings contain iron(III) centers. Examples of such metalloproteins include oxyhemoglobin, ferredoxin, and the cytochromes. Many organisms...

are also essential for organic life as cofactors in enzymes called metalloproteins. When metals are under or over-abundant in the body, equilibrium must...

Xanthine oxidase (XO or XAO) is a form of xanthine oxidoreductase, a type of enzyme that generates reactive oxygen species. These enzymes catalyze the...