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An X-ray crystal structure of an H-NOX protein following xenon pressurization shows an interior tunnel network. The tunnels mediate gas diffusion to the buried heme site and influence the gas-binding properties of the heme. Xenon atoms are in light blue. The heme cofactor is in gray.