Oxygen has an allosteric interaction with hemoglobin. What are the results of this interaction as oxygen a) binds to and b) is released from hemoglobin?

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Oxygen has an allosteric interaction with hemoglobin. What are the results of this interaction as oxygen a) binds to and b) is released from hemoglobin?

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Hemoglobin (Hb) is an oligomeric, allosteric, conjugated protein with four polypeptide chains joined by non-covalent bonds.  Like any other globular protein, Hbtoo has its non-polar residues in its interior and charged polar amino acid residues in contact with aqueous exterior. It contains heme prosthetic group, which is an iron containing porphyrin derivative, forms a very important part of Hb, without which it will not be able to carry and transport oxygen molecule at all.

 

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