globin

English Thesaurus

1. a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	simple protein,
definition	:	a protein that yields only amino acids when hydrolyzed (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	haemoglobin, hb, hemoglobin,
definition	:	a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues (noun.substance)