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Hemocyanin is a dioxygen-carrying copper protein found in crabs, snails, spiders, octopi, and certain other related animals (for a review, see Brunori et al., 1982). There are two copper atoms at the oxidation level of cuprous ion at each reaction center. The structure of hemocyanin has been derived from X-ray studies.
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Ingraham, L.L., Meyer, D.L. (1985). Hemocyanin: A Biological Copper Dioxygen Carrier. In: Biochemistry of Dioxygen. Biochemistry of the Elements, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2475-1_10
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