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P R Standley1, M G Mainwaring, T Gotoh, S N Vinogradov.
Abstract
The extracellular haemoglobins of Lumbricus and Tylorrhynchus contain 50 and 61 tightly bound calcium atoms per molecule, respectively. In addition, they contain one to four tightly bound copper and zinc atoms. Although the role of the latter is unknown, that of calcium is probably structural, assisting in the maintenance of the native hexagonal bilayer structure.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3355504 PMCID: PMC1148795 DOI: 10.1042/bj2490915
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857