Azurin
"Azurin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D001400
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.097.100 D12.776.556.080
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Naguleswaran A, Fialho AM, Chaudhari A, Hong CS, Chakrabarty AM, Sullivan WJ. Azurin-like protein blocks invasion of Toxoplasma gondii through potential interactions with parasite surface antigen SAG1. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Feb; 52(2):402-8.