myoglobin
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əˈgloʊ noun Biochemistry.
hemoglobin of muscle, weighing less and carrying more oxygen and less carbon monoxide than blood hemoglobin.
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| —n | |
| a protein that is the main oxygen-carrier of muscle | |
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Medical Dictionary
myoglobin my·o·glo·bin (mī'ə-glō'bĭn)
n.
Abbr. Mb
The oxygen-transporting protein of muscle, resembling blood hemoglobin in function but with only one heme as part of the molecule and with one fourth the molecular weight. Also called muscle hemoglobin.
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Science Dictionary
| myoglobin (mī'ə-glō'bĭn) Pronunciation Key
An iron-containing protein found in muscle fibers, consisting of heme connected to a single peptide chain that resembles one of the subunits of hemoglobin. Myoglobin combines with oxygen released by red blood cells and transfers it to the mitochondria of muscle cells, where it is used to produce energy. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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myoglobin
a protein found in the muscle cells of animals. It functions as an oxygen-storage unit, providing oxygen to the working muscles. Diving mammals such as seals and whales are able to remain submerged for long periods because they have greater amounts of myoglobin in their muscles than other animals do.
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Example sentences
The human body needs iron to make the oxygen-carrying proteins hemoglobin and myoglobin.
He will dissolve samples of the coprolite in a buffer solution and then add antibodies that recognize myoglobin.
The key, she believes, may be the iron content of the blood and muscle proteins hemoglobin and myoglobin.
Cosmetically, this is added to sausage because it combines with myoglobin in animal muscle to keep it from turning gray.
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