In myoglobin, the ["Fe2+", "Mg2+", "Fe3+"] in the center of the heme forms 6 coordinate bonds - four to the pyrole ring

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In myoglobin, the ["Fe2+", "Mg2+", "Fe3+"] in the center of the heme forms 6 coordinate bonds - four to the pyrole ring

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In myoglobin, the ["Fe2+", "Mg2+","Fe3+"] in the center of the heme forms 6coordinate bonds - four to the pyrole rings of the porphyrin ringssystem, a fifth to ["distal histidine", "proximalhistidine"] and the 6thto ["Distal histidine", "Diatomic oxygen(O2)"] .
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