Explain how heme and non-heme iron differ structurally

What will be an ideal response?


Heme iron is part of a heme group found in hemoglobin in the blood, myoglobin in muscles, and in the mitochondria as part of the cytochromes. Non-heme is iron that is not attached to heme.

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