Haemoprotein mainly found in muscle where it serves as an intracellular storage site for oxygen.
The oxygen transporting protein of muscles, resembling hemoglobin in function.
A muscle haemoglobin, which takes oxygen from blood and passes it to the muscle.
Iron-containing globulin in muscle.
Myoglobin is an iron-containing protein in muscle cells that stores and transports oxygen within the cell for exchange with carbon dioxide.
Iron-containing pigment responsible for the red color of muscle and its ability to store oxygen.
A ferrous globin complex consisting of one heme molecule containing one iron molecule attached to a single globin chain.
A protein found in muscle cells containing iron. Myoglobin takes oxygen from the blood and releases it to muscles during strenuous exercise, where it generates energy by burning the blood sugar (glucose). Normally myoglobin is continually released in small amounts into the bloodstream. However if muscle tissue is damaged as in a heart attack, larger amounts of myoglobin are released and blood levels rise rapidly. Myoglobin is one of the first tests done to determine if a person with chest pain is having a heart attack, because it may be one of the first blood tests to become abnormal.
An iron-containing pigment, resembling hemoglobin, found in muscle cells. It acts as an oxygen reservoir within the muscle fibers.
The protein which gives muscle its red colour. It has the property of combining loosely and reversibly with oxygen, and is the vehicle whereby muscle extracts oxygen from the haemoglobin in the blood circulating through it, and then releases the oxygen for use in muscle metabolism.
The iron-containing protein found in muscle cells that stores oxygen for use in cell respiration.
The iron-containing protein found in muscle cells; it functions to transport oxygen.
In the realm of cardiac and skeletal muscles, there exists a remarkable protein responsible for the storage of vital oxygen. This particular protein undergoes an elevation in its levels subsequent to the occurrence of damage within either of these distinct muscle types.
A protein that transports oxygen within muscles is myoglobin. It’s made up of a fusion of iron and protein. This compound stores oxygen and releases it when muscles require it.
Myoglobin might be discharged into the urine, leading to a condition called myoglobinuria. Mild cases of myoglobinuria can stem from extended periods of exercise. In more serious instances, myoglobinuria typically arises from the release of myoglobin from a significant area of injured muscle, potentially resulting in kidney failure.