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Haemoglobin and myoglobin: structure, function and iron
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- 1RMM of haemoglobin and myoglobinMyoglobin - 17800 RMM (17.8kDa)
Haemoglobin - 66000 RMM (66kDa) - 2Haemoglobin function % of iron in the bodyfound in RBCs responsible for O2 transport in higher animals
65% - 3Myoglobin function % of iron in the bodyfound in muscle cells where they store and transport O2 across muscles
6% - 4outline myoglobin structureglobin chain - 153-160 amino acid residues
haem group - Fe(II) and protoporphyrin IX - 5Protoporphyrin IXporphyrins - family of tetra dentate, planar ligands
4N donor atoms
heteroaromatic
4 pyrrole-like rings joined by CH groups
peripheral substituents - 6what links the globin chain to the haem groupproximal histidine
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