Etymology

quinohaemoprotein

Today it means: Any of a class of proteins that have haem and quinone as cofactors Full definition →

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From quino- + haemo- + protein. Coined by B W Groen, M A van Kleef, and J A Duine in 1986 in https://doi.org/10.1042%2Fbj2340611

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