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Myoglobin
Myoglobin sits in muscle and holds onto oxygen until your muscle needs a burst. It is why steak is red.
Fun fact
Whales pack so much myoglobin that they can hold their breath for an hour.
Words to know
muscleoxygenprotein
NGSS alignment
MS-LS1-3Body as a system
Structure
Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P02144. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P02144.
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