cytochrome
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1. (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration) (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | haemoprotein, hemoprotein, |
| definition | : | a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | cytochrome c, |
| definition | : | the most abundant and stable cytochrome; involved in energy transfer (noun.substance) |
| substance holonym | : | haem, haemitin, hematin, heme, protoheme, |
| definition | : | a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds (noun.substance) |
| domain category | : | biochemistry, |
| definition | : | the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry (noun.cognition) |
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