myoglobin

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, myoglobin has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Mick Unplugged Podcast (Nov 2025).

Myoglobin is an iron- and oxygen-binding protein found in the cardiac and skeletal muscle tissue of vertebrates in general and in almost all mammals. Myoglobin is distantly related to hemoglobin. Compared to hemoglobin, myoglobin has a higher affinity for oxygen and does not have cooperative binding with oxygen like hemoglobin does. Myoglobin consists of non-polar amino acids at the core of the globulin, where the heme group is non-covalently bonded with the surrounding polypeptide of myoglobin.