Tetrapyrroles: Central molecules in life
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2025-09
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Institute of Chemistry Ceylon
Abstract
Well-known tetrapyrroles include hemes, which
impart the red colour to blood and facilitate oxygen
transport; chlorophylls, the central pigments of
photosynthesis in plants, algae and cyanobacteria; and
cobalamin (vitamin B₁₂), an essential micronutrient
in human metabolism. Others, such as siroheme,
coenzyme F430, heme d1, and bilins, are equally
significant across different biological contexts.1
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Tetrapyrroles, molecules, life