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Due to which component, the colour of blood is red?

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  • Hemoglobin is responsible for red color of blood.
  • Present in red blood cells.
  • Four Heme protein are combined with each other in a group, this group is Hemoglobin.
  • Heme binds to the Iron. Oxygen then binds to the iron, and it is the interaction between the heme units and the oxygen that makes blood red.

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