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W hen heme-containing proteins such as hemoglobin and cytochrome P450 are degraded, their prosthetic groups cannot be metabolized and have to be excreted.Elimination of heme could be considered straightforward detoxification, but a large body of evidence shows that this pathway plays a role in various physiological processes as well.
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