Myoglobin—the first protein for which a 3D structure was determined by x-ray crystallography—still has some tricks up its sleeve, or in its pocket. This is the pocket into which myoglobin’s ...

Many people still believe the pink liquid that seeps from cooked steak is blood, but that’s a common misconception. The red color in both raw meat and the juices on your plate actually comes from a ...

‌Your body is a complex system of bones, skin, organs, chemicals, and more. Among the chemicals are special proteins known as hemeproteins (or hemoproteins), which are made of amino acids and iron.

In the present study myoglobins isolated from several kinds of abnormal muscle have been compared to normal adult and fetal myoglobins by means of methods developed for the characterization of normal ...