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Complete Definition of "respiratory pigment"

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Noun
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en-noun|sg=respiratory pigment

#biochemistry any of several coloured metal-containing protein pigments which combine reversibly with oxygen and which are found in the tissues of invertebrates and whose role is to transport oxygen

See also
chlorocruorin
hemerythrin, haemerythrin
hemocyanin, haemocyanin
hemoglobin, haemoglobin

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