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Myoglobin
A small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen to muscles.
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A small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen to muscles.
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| Word | Definition |
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| myoglobulinnoun | (biochemistry) The globulin of muscle tissue |
| myohemoglobinnoun | (biochemistry) A form of hemoglobin associated with muscle tissue |
| myohemerythrinnoun | (biochemistry) The oxygen-carrying protein found in the muscles of some marine invertebrates |
| myosinogennoun | (biochemistry) A globulin, one of the two principal proteins of muscle tissue, from which the myosin formed during rigor mortis is derived. |
| holomyoglobinnoun | (biochemistry) myoglobin from which the central heme subunit has not been removed |
| myochromenoun | (biochemistry, obsolete) myoglobin |
| metmyoglobinnoun | (biochemistry) An oxidized form of myoglobin in which the iron atom has an oxidation state of +3 |
| oxymyoglobinnoun | The substance resulting from exposure of myoglobin to oxygen, responsible for the red colour of meat. |
| apomyoglobinnoun | (biochemistry) A form of myoglobin that lacks a heme unit |
| globinnoun | (biochemistry) One of several polypeptides that are the protein components of haemoglobin or myoglobin. |
| microglobinnoun | (biochemistry) Any microprotein that is a globin |
| myohaematinnoun | (biology, archaic) cytochrome. |
| cyanoglobinnoun | (biochemistry) A hemoprotein, similar to myoglobin, found in certain cyanobacteria |
| protoglobinnoun | (biochemistry) A simple globin, found in some archaea, that can bind oxygen and carbon monoxide |
| myoproteinnoun | (biochemistry) Any protein that occurs in muscle tissue. |
| neuroglobinnoun | (biochemistry) Any of a class of vertebrate globins involved in cellular oxygen homeostasis |
| metamyoglobinnoun | Alternative form of metmyoglobin. [(biochemistry) An oxidized form of myoglobin in which the iron atom has an oxidation state of +3] |
| deoxymyoglobinnoun | (biochemistry) The form of myoglobin that is not complexed with an oxygen molecule |
| myosinnoun | (biochemistry) Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles. |
| myogeninnoun | (biochemistry) A protein (and associated gene) responsible for the development of skeletal muscle |
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