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  2. Hemoglobin - Wikipedia

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    Hemoglobin deficiency can be caused either by a decreased amount of hemoglobin molecules, as in anemia, or by decreased ability of each molecule to bind oxygen at the same partial pressure of oxygen. Hemoglobinopathies (genetic defects resulting in abnormal structure of the hemoglobin molecule) [82] may cause both.

  3. Heme - Wikipedia

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    Binding of oxygen to a heme prosthetic group. Heme (American English), or haem (Commonwealth English, both pronounced /hi:m/ HEEM), is a ring-shaped iron-containing molecular component of hemoglobin, which is necessary to bind oxygen in the bloodstream. It is composed of four pyrrole rings with 2 vinyl and 2 propionic acid side chains. [1]

  4. Red blood cell - Wikipedia

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    The cytoplasm of a red blood cell is rich in hemoglobin (Hb), an iron-containing biomolecule that can bind oxygen and is responsible for the red color of the cells and the blood. Each human red blood cell contains approximately 270 million hemoglobin molecules. [3]

  5. Hemoglobin A - Wikipedia

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    Each subunit contains a heme group that diatomic oxygen (O 2) molecules can bind to. [5] In addition to oxygen, subunit assembly and quaternary structure are known to play important roles in Hb affinity. When hemoglobin binds to O2 (oxyhemoglobin), it will attach to the Iron II (Fe2+) of heme and it is this iron ion that can bind and unbind ...

  6. Oxygen–hemoglobin dissociation curve - Wikipedia

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    Each hemoglobin molecule has the capacity to carry four oxygen molecules. These molecules of oxygen bind to the globin chain of the heme prosthetic group. [1] When hemoglobin has no bound oxygen, nor bound carbon dioxide, it has the unbound conformation (shape). The binding of the first oxygen molecule induces change in the shape of the ...

  7. Carboxyhemoglobin - Wikipedia

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    The average red blood cell contains 250 million hemoglobin molecules. [7] Hemoglobin contains a globin protein unit with four prosthetic heme groups (hence the name heme-o-globin); each heme is capable of reversibly binding with one gaseous molecule (oxygen, carbon monoxide, cyanide, etc.), [8] therefore a typical red blood cell may carry up to one billion gas molecules.

  8. Fetal hemoglobin - Wikipedia

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    In fact, some naturally existing molecules in our body can bind to hemoglobin and change its binding affinity for oxygen. One of the molecules is 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate (2,3-BPG) and it enhances hemoglobin's ability to release oxygen. [13] 2,3-BPG interacts much more with hemoglobin A than hemoglobin F. This is because the adult β subunit has ...

  9. Cooperativity - Wikipedia

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    The oxygen affinity of 3-oxy-hemoglobin is ~300 times greater than that of deoxy-hemoglobin. This behavior leads the affinity curve of hemoglobin to be sigmoidal, rather than hyperbolic as with the monomeric myoglobin. By the same process, the ability for hemoglobin to lose oxygen increases as fewer oxygen molecules are bound. [1]