MeSH definition : 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.;
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.