Heme vs Eme - What's the difference?
heme | eme |
The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen, consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
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*:Soo this yonge syre Trystram rode vnto his eme' kynge Marke of Cornewayle / ΒΆ And whanne he came there / he herd say that ther wold no knyghte fyghte with syre Marhaus / Thenne yede sir Tristram vnto his ' eme and sayd / syre yf ye wylle gyue me thordre of knyghthode / I wille doo bataille with syr Marhaus
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*:Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted.
(label) Friend.
As nouns the difference between heme and eme
is that heme is heme / haem while eme is mother.heme
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Alternative forms
* haem (British )Noun
- The binding of oxygen to the iron molecule causes the hemoglobin molecule to undergo conformational changes that affect the binding of oxygen to other heme sites.
