-
storage proteins in many
insects appear to be
derived from
hemocyanins. The
arthropod hemocyanin superfamily is
composed of phenoloxidases, hexamerins, pseudohemocyanins...
- were long
thought unnecessary in insects, but
ancestral and
functional hemocyanin has been
found in the hemolymph.
Insect "blood"
generally does not carry...
-
There are four
major classifications of
respiratory pigment: hemoglobin,
hemocyanin, erythrocruorin–chlorocruorin, and hemerythrin. The heme-containing globin...
- transport. The most
common respiratory pigment in
arthropods is copper-based
hemocyanin; this is used by many
crustaceans and a few centipedes. A few crustaceans...
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Keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) is a large, multisubunit, oxygen-carrying,
metalloprotein that is
found in the
hemolymph of the
giant keyhole limpet, Megathura...
- for
chelicerate phylogeny The
diversity and
evolution of
chelicerate hemocyanins Scholtz, Gerhard; Kamenz,
Carsten (2006). "The book
lungs of Scorpiones...
- blue
blood may
refer to: Hemolymph,
circulatory fluid colored blue by
hemocyanin, a
respiratory protein evident in most
molluscs and some
arthropods Nobility...
- it is
found in the
blood plasma, but not in body
tissues or muscles.
Hemocyanins are
named appropriately because when oxygenated,
their color changes...
- of many
spiders that have book
lungs contains the
respiratory pigment hemocyanin to make
oxygen transport more efficient.
Spiders have
developed several...
-
molluscs and crustaceans,
copper is a
constituent of the
blood pigment hemocyanin,
replaced by the iron-complexed
hemoglobin in fish and
other vertebrates...
