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What is a chromoprotein?

What is a chromoprotein? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (biochemistry) Any protein, such as haemoglobin, that has a metal-containing pigmented group such as haem.
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Thus, in its native unilluminated state, retinal is attached to a lipid, which is presumably linked to the protein, so that rhodopsin is more properly called a chromolipoprotein rather than a chromoprotein.
A single chromoprotein with triple chromophores acts as both a phytochrome and a phototropin.

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