An iron-containing porphyrin prosthetic group. Protein ligands and the surrounding pocket tune its ligand-binding and redox properties.
Breakdown of haem, including ring cleavage to biliverdin with release of iron, followed by reduction to bilirubin.
The chloride complex of ferric protoporphyrin, distinguished from hydroxide forms conventionally called hematin.
A ferric haem derivative conventionally described as ferriprotoporphyrin hydroxide; historical usage is not always restricted to that exact preparation.
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