Heme (Crossword clue)

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• (hēm) the nonprotein
• The part of certain molecules that contains iron
• A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
• (hem) The iron-containing red pigment that, together with the protein globin
• Iron complexed with nonporphyrins but related tetrapyrrole structures (biliverdin heme)
• The heme unit of which there are four in each hemoglobin molecule is planar porphyrin structure
• Haem Complex consisting of an iron ion coordinated to a porphyrin acting as a tetradentate ligand
• Compounds of iron complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring that differ in side chain composition
• A small molecule that consists of an iron atom contained in the center of a large heterocyclic ring called a porphyrin
• The iron-based pigment in red blood cells, a component of hemoglobin that is released when red blood cells are broken down