Describe the term myoglobin

Describe the term myoglobin? Write the function of such molecule in the muscle tissue?

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Myoglobin is a pigment identical to hemoglobin and present in the muscle fibers. Myoglobin has a huge affinity for the oxygen. It keeps oxygen bound and liberates the gas beneath strenuous muscle work. Therefore myoglobin acts as an oxygen reserve for muscle cell.

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