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Cytochrome

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Cytochromes
possessive
Cytochrome's
pluralpossessive
Cytochromes'