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Related Terms:
molecule
oxygen
bilirubin
hemeprotein
protoporphyrinogen oxidase
globin
hematoporphyrin
holophytochrome
nonheme
porphyrin
stercobilin
propentdyopent
protoheme
bind
hemoglobin
mitoferrin
apocytochrome
component
undecaheme
myoglobin
octaheme
urobilin
ferriheme
ring
holocytochrome
apomyoglobin
hemoxygenase
sirohydrochlorin
ferroprotoporphyrin
ferrochelatase
iron
oxyferryl
triheme
multiheme
hemopigment
hemopexin
monoheme
porphyrinogen
tetraheme
biliverdin
diheme
holomyoglobin
red blood cell
hemophore
ion
ferroheme
hemoprotein
metalloporphyrin
chromagen
siroheme
Definitions:
Noun
heme
haem
hematin
haemitin
protoheme
Definition: a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
Definition: The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.