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heme

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4 lettersPronunciation /hiːm/Part of speech nounSorted eehmStarts with HEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds

Word origin

Back-formation from hemoglobin.

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  • The binding of oxygen to the iron molecule causes the hemoglobin molecule to undergo conformational changes that affect the binding of oxygen to other heme sites.
  • Impossible's breakthrough was in discovering that meat's essence comes from heme—the iron-rich molecule in blood that carries oxygen and is responsible for the deep-red color.

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