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Composition of Hemoglobin
Heme
It is an iron-porphyrin compound. It is the prosthetic
group embedded in the packet like structure formed
by folding of the hemoglobin tertiary structure.
Porphyrin
Porphyrin is a complex compound with a tetrapyrrole
ring structure. Pyrrole is a heterocyclic compound
having the following structure.
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