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What is Blue copper proteins?

Also known as: blue copper protein

Definition 24.13 University Chemistry — Year 3 · Chapter 24 — Bioinorganic Chemistry

A blue copper protein carries one copper ion bound by two histidines, a cysteine and a weakly bound methionine in a distorted tetrahedral site; its intense blue colour comes from a cysteine-to-copper(II) charge-transfer band.

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