Non-heme iron protein

In biochemistry, non-heme iron proteins describe families of enzymes that utilize iron at the active site but lack heme cofactors. Iron-sulfur proteins, including those that are enzymes, are not included in this definition.

Some non-heme iron proteins contain one Fe at their active sites, others have pairs of Fe centers:

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