I would check the iron occupancy in case it is less than 1.0 and that your Fe 
has the left-shift in the PDB file otherwise it might be treated as a fluorine? 
Good old pdb format.

Best wishes, Jon Cooper.
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On 05/09/2025 10:40, Catherine Back wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> I am currently solving a structure containing four heme b molecules (res 1.7 
> Å), each coordinated by two histidines. The refinement is looking good, but 
> the output from refinement has marked the Fe ions of each heme with positive 
> density (green) in the FoFc difference map - see image. Any ideas why? I used 
> the Monomer Library in Coot to add hemes ('HEM') in. Is it something to do 
> with the oxidation state of the Fe? And if so, is there anything I can do 
> about it?
>
> Best wishes,
> Catherine
>
> Dr Catherine R. Back (she/her)
>
> Senior Post-doctoral Research Associate
>
> School of Biochemistry
>
> University of Bristol
>
> UK
>
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