name the protein and iron part of harmoglobin.
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hemoglobin, also spelled haemoglobin, iron-containing protein in the blood of many animals—in the red blood cells (erythrocytes) of vertebrates—that transports oxygen to the tissues. In the oxygenated state, it is called oxyhemoglobin and is bright red; in the reduced state, it is purplish blue. ...
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Globin and heme groups
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Hemoglobin molecules are triangular molecules that contain groups of four heme atoms surrounding globin as a tetrahedron. An iron atom is attached to a ringlike organic compound, called a porphyrin, which makes up the heme, which accounts for just 4 percent of the weight of the molecule.
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