Description: Ferroheme (protoheme) is the color-furnishing portion of hemoglobin. It is found free in tissues and as the prosthetic group in many hemeproteins. A Ferroheme or haem is a prosthetic group that consists of an iron atom contained in the center of a large heterocyclic organic ring called a porphyrin....

Ferroprotoporphyrin is an iron-containing cofactor. It is involved in several biological processes such as the transport or storage of oxygen by hemoglobin or myoglobin, respectively, electron transfer by cytochrome b5, and oxidation of xenobiotics or endogenous substrates by cytochrome P450s (CYPs).Formal Name:...