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"Protoporphyrin" Definition

noun

A metal-free porphyrin, C32H32N4(COOH)2, that combines with ferrous iron to form the heme group in hemoglobin and myoglobin, and with ferric iron to form the hemin group in catalase and some cytochromes.
A purple porphyrin acid CHNO obtained from hemin or heme by removal of bound iron.

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