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Structural Analogies in Annelid Erythrocruorins

Vincenza MezzasalmaMichela ZagraBenedetto Salvato

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AnnelidbiologySimilarity (network science)StereochemistryChemistryErythrocruorinsbiology.organism_classification

description

Erythrocruorins from many annelid species have been studied by many authors. In spite of the great similarity of most physicochemical properties and of the electron-micrographs of these proteins, some debated experimental data divide the scientific community, e.g. the Mr of the whole molecule (ranging from 2,500 to 4,1000 kDa) and, in consequence, the Mr of the 1/12 molecules, the Mr and number of the smallest covalently bound subunits and the Mr and number of the globin-like monomers (1).

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71481-8_9