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A class of hemoprotein whose principle biological function is as carriers of electrons
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cytochrome
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Cytochromes are iron containing hemeproteins central to which are heme groups that are primarily responsible for the generation of ATP via electron transport . They are found either as monomeric proteins (e.g., cytochrome c ) or as subunits of larger enzymatic ...
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n. Any of various related hemoproteins found in the cells of most organisms, which are an important part of cell respiration.
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n. a class of hemoprotein whose principle biological function is as carriers of electrons
Usage examples of cytochrome.
Like cytochrome c, for example, a protein found in many different animals and man.
Just because one nucleotide varies, does not determine how cytochrome c evolved in other species, long before man or monkey.
But what about your phylogenetic tree for cytochrome c and the vast nucleotide changes between the earlier species?
Even if billions of amino acids were able to form in the primordial waters, the chances of them becoming a complex strand of protein like cytochrome c are impossible.
It is now clear that many structural proteins, including hemoglobin and cytochrome c proteins, are identical in chimps and humans.
This time we isolated hemoglobin from the blood and small quantities of the cytochromes from our liver samples.