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Also known as haemocyanins, hemocyanin, haemocyanin

Hemocyanins (also spelled haemocyanins and abbreviated Hc) are proteins that transport oxygen throughout the bodies of some invertebrate animals. These metalloproteins contain two copper atoms that reversibly bind a single oxygen molecule (O2). They are second only to hemoglobin in frequency of use as an oxygen transport molecule. Unlike the hemoglobin in red blood cells found in vertebrates, hemocyanins are not confined in blood cells, but are instead suspended directly in the hemolymph. Oxygenation causes a color change between the colorless Cu(I) deoxygenated form and the blue Cu(II) oxygen

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Protein family.Symbol
Hemocyanin_C
Protein family.Name
Hemocyanin, ig-like domain
Protein family.image
PDB 1oxy EBI.jpg
Protein family.caption
Crystal structure of hexameric haemocyanin from Panulirus interruptus refined at 3.2 angstroms resolution
Protein family.Pfam
PF03722
Protein family.InterPro
IPR005203
Protein family.Prosite
PDOC00184
Protein family.SCOP
1lla
Protein family.PDB
110-373 :110-373 :110-373 110-373 A:136-393 D:136-393 B:136-393 C:136-393 C:136-393 C:136-393 C:136-393
Protein family.PROSITE
PDOC00184

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Contents
  • Species distribution
  • The hemocyanin superfamily
  • Structure and mechanism
  • Catalytic activity
  • Spectral properties
  • Anticancer effects
  • Case studies: environmental impact on hemocyanin levels
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Hemocyanins (also spelled haemocyanins and abbreviated Hc) are proteins that transport oxygen throughout the bodies of some invertebrate animals. These metalloproteins contain two copper atoms that reversibly bind a single oxygen molecule (O2). They are second only to hemoglobin in frequency of use as an oxygen transport molecule. Unlike the hemoglobin in red blood cells found in vertebrates, hemocyanins are not confined in blood cells, but are instead suspended directly in the hemolymph. Oxygenation causes a color change between the colorless Cu(I) deoxygenated form and the blue Cu(II) oxygenated form.

== Species distribution == Hemocyanin was first discovered in Octopus vulgaris by Leon Fredericq in 1878. The presence of copper in molluscs was detected even earlier by Bartolomeo Bizio in 1833. Hemocyanins are found in the Mollusca and Arthropoda, including cephalopods and crustaceans, and utilized by some land arthropods such as the tarantula Eurypelma californicum, the emperor scorpion, and the centipede Scutigera coleoptrata. Also, larval storage proteins in many insects appear to be derived from hemocyanins.

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