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This is a linear interpolation morph showing the oxygenation/deoxygenation of heme in the beta chain of human hemoglobin. Chain B of 1hga (deoxygenated, 2.1 Å) was morphed to chain B of 1hho (oxygenated, 2.1 Å).

For more details about the morph PDB file: see File:Hb heme morph.pdb.

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There are some formatting problems in this PDB file. Select iron with "hem.fe" (10 atoms, one in each model) and molecular oxygen with "hem.o?" (2 atoms, model 10 only).