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protoheme
 

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Noun protoheme has 1 sense
  1. heme, haem, hematin, haemitin, protoheme - a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
    --1 is a kind of pigment
    --1 is a substance of hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb; myoglobin; cytochrome

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Protoheme

Description:

Protoheme is a compound that plays a vital role in the formation of heme, an essential component of hemoglobin, myoglobin, and several enzymes.

Examples of Usage:

Noun:

  1. The addition of protoheme to the reaction mixture helped in the synthesis of heme.
  2. Hereditary coproporphyria is characterized by abnormal levels of protoheme in the blood.

Adjective:

  1. The protoheme molecules were carefully synthesized in the laboratory for the research project.
  2. The study examined the role of protoheme metabolism in different tissues.

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