"Cytochromes a" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A subclass of heme a containing cytochromes that have two imidazole nitrogens as axial ligands and an alpha-band absorption of 605 nm. They are found in a variety of microorganisms and in eucaryotes as a low-spin cytochrome component of MITOCHONDRIAL ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV.
| Descriptor ID |
D045264
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.244.175.249 D12.776.422.220.175.249
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