35 Which statement about BPG and hemoglobin is FALSE?   Question 35 options:   fetal hemoglobin has a higher affinity for BPG than adult hemoglobin   BPG is an allosteric inhibitor of hemoglobin   BPG binds at a hemoglobin site distant from the oxygen binding site   BPG binds to several hemoglobin lysine and arginine residues    BPG decreases hemoglobin's affinity for oxygen

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Which statement about BPG and hemoglobin is FALSE?

 

Question 35 options:

 

fetal hemoglobin has a higher affinity for BPG than adult hemoglobin

 

BPG is an allosteric inhibitor of hemoglobin

 

BPG binds at a hemoglobin site distant from the oxygen binding site

 

BPG binds to several hemoglobin lysine and arginine residues 

 

BPG decreases hemoglobin's affinity for oxygen

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