hemocyanin

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hemocyanin (countable and uncountable, plural hemocyanins)

(biochemistry) a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment (a metalloprotein) found in most molluscs, and some arthropods

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Although less efficient under normal conditions than the iron -rich hemoglobin of vertebrates, in cold conditions with low oxygen pressure, hemocyanin oxygen transportation is more efficient than hemoglobin oxygen transportation. Source: Internet

Other animals use hemocyanin ( molluscs and some arthropods ) or hemerythrin ( spiders and lobsters ). Source: Internet

This is due to change in color of hemocyanin when it is oxidized. Source: Internet

Unlike hemocyanin and hemoglobin, hemovanadin is not an oxygen carrier. Source: Internet

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