title: Stereochemistry of hemes and other metalloporphyrins.
abstract: Metalloporphyrins, most notably the iron porphyrins, observe clearly defined, internally consistent, structural principles that promise to be fully applicable to the hemes in the several families of the hemoproteins.
mesh_terms: D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D006415:Hematoporphyrins / Q000032:analysis; D006418:Heme; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D008274:Magnesium; D008961:Models, Structural; D009532:Nickel; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000032:analysis; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000032:analysis*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014001:Tin; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction; D015032:Zinc
chemical_list: D006415:Hematoporphyrins; D006454:Hemoglobins; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011166:Porphyrins; D006418:Heme; D014001:Tin; D009532:Nickel; D008274:Magnesium; D015032:Zinc