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单词 haemocyanin
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Definition of haemocyanin in English:

haemocyanin

(US hemocyanin)
noun ˌhiːmə(ʊ)ˈsʌɪənɪnˌhēməˈsīənən
mass nounBiochemistry
  • A protein containing copper, responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood plasma of arthropods and molluscs.

    〔生化〕血蓝蛋白,血清蛋白

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The focus of this paper is on the Crustacea, the class of Arthropoda that expresses both hemoglobin and hemocyanin.
    • It is intriguing that crustaceans seem to express either hemoglobin or hemocyanin but not both proteins.
    • The ontogeny of crustacean hemocyanin, the copper-based oxygen transport protein, has been studied in relatively few species, including Nephrops norvegicus and Homarus americanus.
    • Injection of bacteria had no influence on hemocyanin or hemolymph protein concentrations when compared to saline injection.
    • One grasshopper embryo has a protein that closely resembles hemocyanin in sequence, but no oxygen binding studies to confirm its function have yet been done.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from haemo- 'of blood' + cyan + -in1.

Definition of hemocyanin in US English:

hemocyanin

(British haemocyanin)
nounˌhēməˈsīənən
Biochemistry
  • A protein containing copper, responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood plasma of arthropods and mollusks.

    〔生化〕血蓝蛋白,血清蛋白

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Injection of bacteria had no influence on hemocyanin or hemolymph protein concentrations when compared to saline injection.
    • It is intriguing that crustaceans seem to express either hemoglobin or hemocyanin but not both proteins.
    • The ontogeny of crustacean hemocyanin, the copper-based oxygen transport protein, has been studied in relatively few species, including Nephrops norvegicus and Homarus americanus.
    • The focus of this paper is on the Crustacea, the class of Arthropoda that expresses both hemoglobin and hemocyanin.
    • One grasshopper embryo has a protein that closely resembles hemocyanin in sequence, but no oxygen binding studies to confirm its function have yet been done.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from hemo- ‘of blood’ + cyan + -in.

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