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Oxymyoglobin Molecule
Oxymyoglobin is the oxygenated form of myoglobin which is a single chain globular protein. The physiological function of myoglobin is to store molecular oxygen in muscle tissue so that there is a reserve of O2 over and above that bound to the hemoglobin in the blood.
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Keywords: biology, blood, globular, molecular, molecule, muscle, myoglobin, oxy-myoglobin, oxygen, oxymyoglobin, protein, storage, store