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LEGHEMOGLOBIN

Specialty Definition: LEGHEMOGLOBIN

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A hemoglobin-like oxygen-binding hemeprotein present in the nitrogen-fixing root nodules of leguminous plants. The red pigment has a molecular weight approximately 1/4 that of hemoglobin and has been suggested to act as an oxido-reduction catalyst in symbiotic nitrogen fixation. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Leghemoglobin

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The oxygen carrier leghemoglobin is a hemoprotein found in leguminous plants. In plants with nitrogen fixing bacteria (such as alfalfa or soybeans), the presence of oxygen will poison the bacterium. Leghemoglobin acts as a natural defense against oxygen toxicity by scavenging free oxygen in these systems. The protein itself is a product of both the plant and the bacterium; the apoprotein is produced by the plant and the heme by the bacterium.

see also: hemoglobin, myoglobin

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Leghemoglobin."

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Modern Translation: LEGHEMOGLOBIN

Language Translations for "LEGHEMOGLOBIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Finnish

  

leghemoglobiini. (various references)

   

French

  

léghémoglobine. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eghemoglobinlay

   

Swedish

  

leghemoglobin. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: LEGHEMOGLOBIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-g-g-h-i-l-l-m-n-o-o"

-3 letters: beglooming, hemoglobin.

-5 letters: bemingle, blooming, bonhomie, glooming, helloing, holloing, lobeline.

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