Cryptocyanin
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A hexameric protein associated with moulting in crustaceans uncountable, usually
"Cryptocyanin, a copper-free hexameric protein in crab (Cancer magister) hemolymph, has been characterized and the amino acid sequence has been deduced from its cDNA."
- 2 Synonym of cryptocyanine. uncountable, usually
"One which has recently been tried, known as cryptocyanin, makes plates so sensitive to the extreme red (at the very end of the visible spectrum, near Fraunhofer's A line) that photographs of a landscape may be obtained, with this red light, almost instantaneously."
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More examples"Cryptocyanin, a copper-free hexameric protein in crab (Cancer magister) hemolymph, has been characterized and the amino acid sequence has been deduced from its cDNA."
Etymology
From crypto- + cyanin.
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