Tag: heme
How the Earth Operates Supply Chains for Life
It’s no help having essential elements in the Earth’s crust if they can’t get to the organisms that need them.
No Iron, No Life: Intelligent Design in Iron Availability
As an exercise, count the number of lucky breaks that had to occur for the evolutionary story to work.
“Designed for [a] Purpose” — Heme Production Defeats Evolution
Hemoglobin is well known as the molecule that transfers oxygen in blood, but its precursor, heme, is lesser known.
Dazzling Acts in the Cell Circus
If life didn’t depend on these acts by cellular organelles and molecules, we would consider them death-defying performances in the greatest show on earth.