Myoglobin [ENDORSED]
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Cecilia Jardon 1I
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Myoglobin
Is myoglobin hexadentate? because I know that the porphyrin is tetradentate but then when the iron atom binds with the histidine and that oxygen would that make it hexadentate?
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Re: Myoglobin [ENDORSED]
The iron atom in myoglobin has six bonds but is not hexadentate as it binds to three different ligands.
Hexadentate means one ligand that forms six bonds.
The only hexadentate ligand I discussed in class is EDTA.
Hexadentate means one ligand that forms six bonds.
The only hexadentate ligand I discussed in class is EDTA.
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Margaret Akey
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Samantha Burmester 3H
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Re: Myoglobin
Margaret Akey wrote:so the iron atom is tridentate?
No, because tridentate means 1 ligand bonding three times
But in this case, it is 3 different ligands.
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