Leghemoglobin

Japanese: leghemoglobin
Leghemoglobin

…When the partial pressure of O 2 in the environment increases, aerobic bacteria significantly increase their O 2 consumption and lower the intracellular O 2 concentration. The root nodules of legumes contain a pigment protein called leghemoglobin that reversibly binds to O 2 , and this plays both the role of transporting the O 2 required for respiration by rhizobia and the role of lowering the O 2 concentration within the nodules. It is said that most nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria fix nitrogen in special cells called heterocysts, but these cells do not contain photosystem II for photosynthesis, so there is no O 2 generation through photosynthesis, creating favorable conditions for nitrogen-fixing enzymes. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "leghemoglobin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…好気性細菌では環境のO2分圧が上がると,O2消費を著しく増大させ細胞内のO2濃度を下げる。マメ科植物の根粒にはレグヘモグロビンleghemoglobinと呼ばれるO2と可逆的に結合する色素タンパク質があり,これが根粒菌の呼吸に必要なO2を運ぶ役割と,根粒内のO2濃度を下げる役割の両方を担っている。窒素固定ラン藻の多くは,ヘテロシストheterocyst(異質細胞)と呼ばれる特殊な細胞で窒素固定を行うといわれているが,この細胞には光合成の光化学系IIが存在しないので光合成によるO2発生がなく,窒素固定酵素に好条件となっている。…

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