| NOUN | substance | cytochrome | (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration) |
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| Meaning | (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration). | |
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| Category | biochemistry | The organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms |
| Narrower | cytochrome c | The most abundant and stable cytochrome |
| Broader | hemoprotein, haemoprotein | A conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin |
| Substances | heme, haem, hematin, haemitin, protoheme | A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds |
| Spanish | citocromo | |
| Catalan | citocrom | |
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