Hemovanadin Explained
Hemovanadin is a pale green vanabin protein found in the blood cells, called vanadocytes, of ascidians (sea squirts) and other organisms (particularly sea organisms).[1] It is one of the few known vanadium-containing proteins.[2] [3] The German chemist Martin Henze first detected vanadium in ascidians (sea squirts) in 1911.[4] [5] Unlike hemocyanin and hemoglobin, hemovanadin is not an oxygen carrier.[6] [7]
Notes and References
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- Book: Bailey, Kenneth Claude . [{{google books|id=qi4GAQAAIAAJ|page=343|keywords=vanadium|plainurl=yes}} The proteins: composition, structure, and function ]. 1954 . Academic Press . Neurath . Hans . 2 . vanc.
- Bielig . H. J. . Bayer . E. . Califano . L. . Wirth . L. . 1954 . Vanadium-containing blood pigment. 11. Hemovanadin, a sulfate complex of trivalent vanadium . Pubblicazioni della Stazione Zoologica di Napoli . 25 . 26–66 . 4344268 . vanc.
- Henze . M. . 1911 . Untersuchungen über das Blut der Ascidien. 1. Mitteilung. Die Vanadiumverbindung der Blutkörperchen . Studies on the blood of sea squirts. I. Communication. The vanadium compound of the blood cells . Biological Chemistry . de . 72 . 5–6 . 494–501 . 10.1515/bchm2.1911.72.5-6.494 . vanc. Friedrich Wolfgang Martin Henze.
- Michibata . H.. Uyama . T.. Ueki . T.. Kanamori . K. . vanc . 2002 . Vanadocytes, cells hold the key to resolving the highly selective accumulation and reduction of vanadium in ascidians . Microscopy Research and Technique . 56 . 6 . 421–34 . 10.1002/jemt.10042. 11921344 . 15127292. free .
- Book: Underwood, Eric J. . Trace elements in human and animal nutrition . Academic Press . 1962 . 353 . 598742364 . vanc.
- Boeri . Enzo . June 1952 . The determination of hemovanadin and its oxidation potential . Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics . 37 . 2 . 449–456 . 10.1016/0003-9861(52)90205-1 . 14953454 . vanc.
