Hemocyanin, TEM
Color enhanced transmission electron micrograph of hemocyanin, a respiratory protein and pigment found in molluscs and arthropods. Like hemoglobin in mammals, hemocyanin is an oxygen carrying molecule. Each molecule is barrel-shaped appearing rounded end-on but oblong with transverse striations when seen from the side. Here, the hemocyanin molecules are from a marine whelk Burnupena cincta. They are a copper-containing protein (non-porphyrin) that occurs in solution in mollusc hemolymph "blood". Magnification Unknown.
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Keywords: biochemistry, burnupena, chemistry, cincta, colorized, copper-, electron, enhanced, haemocyanin, hcc, hcr, hemocyanin, hemolymph, histology, micrograph, micrography, microscope, microscopy, molecule, mollusc, protein, proteomics, respiratory, tem, transmission
