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protoheme ThesaurusNoun | 1. | protoheme - a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen bindshaem, haemitin, hematin, hemepigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)haemoglobin, Hb, hemoglobin - a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals"myoglobin - a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and stores it in the tissues until neededcytochrome - (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration) |
protoheme
Synonyms for protohemenoun a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen bindsSynonymsRelated Words- pigment
- haemoglobin
- Hb
- hemoglobin
- myoglobin
- cytochrome
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