which metal is present in myoglobin
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In both myoglobin and oxymyoglobin the heme iron is in the Fe2+ form. In the presence of oxygen, myoglobin is eventually oxidized to brown metmyoglobin, in which the heme iron is in the Fe3+ form. Both the oxygenation and oxidation processes are reversible.
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