Medical Definition of Leghaemoglobin
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Form of haemoglobin found in the nitrogen fixing root nodules of legumes. Binds oxygen and thus protects the nitrogen fixing enzyme, nitrogenase, that is oxygen sensitive.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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