Haematohiston (Noun)
Meaning
A colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Haematohiston is the protein component of hemoglobin that remains after the heme group is removed.
- The globin part of haematohiston is responsible for the protein's overall structure and stability.
- Haematohiston is often used as a model protein in studies of protein folding and stability.
- The binding of oxygen to haematohiston is a complex process that involves changes in the protein's conformation.
- Researchers have used haematohiston to study the effects of mutations on protein function and stability.