Heme: Difference between revisions

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Robert Badgett
mNo edit summary
mNo edit summary
 
Line 5: Line 5:


==References==
==References==
<references/>
<references/>[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]

Latest revision as of 17:01, 26 August 2024

This article is a stub and thus not approved.
 Main Article
 Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=Heme&printable=yes
This editable Main Article is under development and subject to a disclaimer.

Heme is the "color-furnishing portion of hemoglobin. It is found free in tissues and as the prosthetic group in many hemeproteins."[1]

Porphyrias are metabolic diseases in the heme biosynthetic pathway characterized by buildup of porphyrin precursors such as porphobilinogen (PBG).

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous (2024), Heme (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Retrieved from "https://citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=Heme&oldid=974520"