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== The Heme Group == | == The Heme Group == | ||
Now let's turn our attention to the main function of myoglobin - oxygen binding. | Now let's turn our attention to the main function of myoglobin - oxygen binding. | ||
Oxygen is bound by a <scene name='User:Michael_Roberts/BIOL115_Myo/Heme/1'>heme group</scene>, which sits in a hydrophobic pocket in the myoglobin protein. | Oxygen is bound by a <scene name='User:Michael_Roberts/BIOL115_Myo/Heme/1'>heme group</scene>, (coloured red) which sits in a hydrophobic pocket in the myoglobin protein. | ||
Central to the heme group is an <scene name='User:Michael_Roberts/BIOL115_Myo/Heme/3'>iron (Fe) atom</scene>. | Central to the heme group is an <scene name='User:Michael_Roberts/BIOL115_Myo/Heme/3'>iron (Fe) atom</scene>. | ||