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Inorganic Chemicals > Coordination Complexes > Metalloporphyrins > Heme
Organic Chemicals > Coordination Complexes > Metalloporphyrins > Heme
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, Fused-Ring > Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings > Tetrapyrroles > Porphyrins > Metalloporphyrins > Heme
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Tetrapyrroles > Porphyrins > Metalloporphyrins > Heme
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Azoles > Pyrroles > Tetrapyrroles > Porphyrins > Metalloporphyrins > Heme
Biological Factors > Pigments, Biological > Porphyrins > Metalloporphyrins > Heme

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Heme  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Ferroprotoporphyrin
  • Haem
  • Heme b
  • Protoheme
  • Protoheme IX

Scope note

  • The color-furnishing portion of hemoglobin. It is found free in tissues and as the prosthetic group in many hemeproteins.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006418

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