Leghemoglobin
"Leghemoglobin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A hemoglobin-like oxygen-binding hemeprotein present in the nitrogen-fixing root nodules of leguminous plants. The red pigment has a molecular weight approximately 1/4 that of hemoglobin and has been suggested to act as an oxido-reduction catalyst in symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
| Descriptor ID |
D007874
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.422.316.881 D12.776.765.500
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