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cytochrome oxidase

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cytochrome oxidase  
n.  An oxidizing enzyme containing iron and a porphyrin, found in mitochondria and important in cell respiration as an agent of electron transfer from certain cytochrome molecules to oxygen molecules.
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Main Entry: cytochrome oxidase
Function: noun
: an iron-porphyrin enzyme important in cell respiration because of its ability to catalyze the oxidation of reducedcytochrome c in the presence of oxygen
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cytochrome oxidase n.
An oxidizing enzyme containing iron and a porphyrin, found in mitochondria and important in cell respiration as an agent of electron transfer from certain cytochrome molecules to oxygen molecules.

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