Biologically Active Substance
azurin
Subclass of:
Bacterial Proteins; Metalloproteins
Definitions related to azurin:
  • A bacterial protein from Pseudomonas, Bordetella, or Alcaligenes which operates as an electron transfer unit associated with the cytochrome chain. The protein has a molecular weight of approximately 16,000, contains a single copper atom, is intensively blue, and has a fluorescence emission band centered at 308nm.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Turquoise blue protein that contains copper, is present in some bacteria and functions in electron transfer.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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