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MeSH Heading: Hemocyanins
Tree Number(s): D12.776.093.375; D12.776.556.462; D23.767.482
Unique ID: D006433
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006433
Scope Note: Metalloproteins that function as oxygen transport proteins in the HEMOLYMPH of MOLLUSKS and ARTHROPODS. They are characterized by two copper atoms, coordinated with HISTIDINE residues, that reversibly bind a single oxygen molecule; they do not contain HEME groups.
Entry Term(s): Hemocyanin; alpha-Haemocyanin; alpha-Hemocyanin; alpha-Hemocyanins
Registry Numbers: 9013-72-3; 0
CAS Type 1 Name: Hemocyanins
NLM Classification #: QU 55.8
Public MeSH Note: 2018; see HEMOCYANIN 1964-2017
History Note: 2018 (1964)
Date Introduced: 1968/01/01
Last Updated: 2017/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Hemocyanins MeSH Descriptor Data 2026