Detail the similarities and differences between myoglobin and hemoglobin structure.

Q: Explain how the change of a single amino acid in hemoglobin leads to the aggregation of hemoglobin…

A: Blood is a body fluid that carries necessary nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports…

Q: Correlate the conformational changes to the cooperative behavior of the oxygen-binding ability of…

A: The respiratory and the cardiovascular system exerts an active mechanism for the transportation of…

Q: does decreasing 2,3-BPG concentration increase or decrease the binding affinity of hemoglobin for…

A: 2,3-BPG - 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate Hemoglobin exist in 2 states:  T-state (tense), and the R-state…

Q: how many moles of oxygen could be transported by the hemoglobin complex formed from 8 mg of dietary…

A: Hemoglobin (Hb) is the protein molecule, which consists of the complex which exhibits the Fe…

Q: A. Which hemoglobin has a higher affinity for oxygen under physiological conditions, HbA or HbF?…

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Q: Describe the structure of a hemoglobin molecule. Explain where O2 and CO2 are carried on a…

A: Hemoglobin is an oxygen-transport metalloprotein that consists of iron. In blood, it carries oxygen…

Q: Explain how the oxygen dissociation curve is related to the properties and function of hemoglobin

A: Introduction: Hemoglobin is a globular protein with four polypeptide chains bonded together. It has…

Q: How does the fetal hemoglobin differ from the maternal hemoglobin in regards to structure and…

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Q: Given the purpose of hemoglobin, what could one envision as a downside to having all our hemoglobin…

A: Hemoglobin is the protein molecule present in the red blood cells, which binds the oxygen molecule…

Q: How many atoms of oxygen can be bound to a singlemolecule of hemoglobin?

A: Hemoglobin is a protein that was present in the red blood cells where it carries oxygen to organs…

Q: Graph the relationship between hemoglobin–O2 saturation and the partial pressure of O2 in the blood.…

A: Hemoglobin is an essential pigment present in RBCs that help in the transportation of oxygen.

Q: Contrast oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin.

A: Hemoglobin is an iron-containing globular protein present in vertebrates' erythrocytes that help in…

Q: Considering the quantity of hemoglobin in an erythrocyte and the oxygen-binding properties of…

A: Blood is a body fluid in other animals and humans. It supplies necessary substances to the cells,…

Q: a.What is the difference between the 5th and 6 coordination sites in the heme group?

A: The position where oxygen binds with myoglobin as well as hemoglobin is heme .  Fe(II) atom is…

Q: Identify the factors that shift the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve to the left?

A: Hemoglobin is an iron containing protein which has its role in oxygen transport in the human body.…

Q: 30. assicuatuib if 2alpha and 2 beta chains to form adult hemoglobin

A: HbA2 is a gene that in encodes for the alpha globin chain of haemoglobin in humans.

Q: Why is oxygen efficiently transferred from hemoglobin in theblood to myoglobin in the muscles?

A: Oxygen move is impacted by the presence of cells in aging stocks. The impact relies upon the…

Q: Define how carbaminohemoglobin (HbCO2) is formed ?

A: Haemoglobin (Hb) is a quaternary protein found in the red blood cells (RBCs) that carries oxygen and…

Q: L List two similarities and two differences between hemoglobin and myoglobin.

A: The sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide refers to the primary structure of protein. The…

Q: Contrast the structures of the proteins myoglobin and hemoglobin.

A: The red blood cells carry a protein called hemoglobin which is responsible for transporting oxygen…

Q: Calculate the fractional saturation for hemoglobin when the partial pressure of oxygen is 80 mm Hg.…

A: Fractional saturation of oxygen is given by the below formula where, YO2 is the fractional…

Q: . With regard to how mountain climbers adapt to the low oxygen pressure of higher altitudes, explain…

A: The mountain climber needs more oxygen because of high altitude, level of oxygen decreases.

Q: Why is it advantageous for the oxygen-hemoglobindissociation curve to shift to the left in the lungs…

A: Oxygen dissociation curves depict the association between levels of oxygen and haemoglobin…

Q: What other diseases are associated with estraneous forms of hemoglobin subunits in the human adult?

A: Hemoglobin is an oligomeric conjugated protein with four peptide chains joined by a…

Q: 22. Please provide a biological explanation for why fetal hemoglobin has evolved to have lower…

A: Fetal hemoglobin has greater affinity for 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate because of the high affinity of…

Q: Regarding the quaternary structure of human hemoglobin, it is in O C2 symmetry O D2 symmetry O C4…

A: Human hemoglobin (Hb A) is the common example of a multimeric, allosteric protein. It exerts control…

Q: After spending a day or more at high altitude (with an oxygen partial pressure of 75 torr), the…

A: Air enters the lungs through the oral cavity or nasal passage, which join together in the pharynx.…

Q: Identify the factors that shift the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve to the right?

A: The oxygen-dissociation curve is a graph with the oxygen partial pressure along the horizontal axis…

Q: What is the physiological significance of the cooperative binding of oxygen by hemoglobin?

A: Cooperative binding occurs in binding systems containing more than one type, or species, of…

Q: the structure and functions of hemoglobin and the three determinants for how much oxygen is bound

A: Hemoglobin is an iron-containing protein present in red blood cells of vertebrates. It helps in…

Q: Why does hemoglobin have high affinity for oxygen in arterial blood and lower affinity in…

A: Hemoglobin is a protein present in red blood cells and is primarily responsible for the transport of…

Q: The equation describing the linear relationship between hemoglobin concentration and absorbance at…

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Q: Compare and contrast the oxygen binding pockets of myoglobin and haemoglobin.

A: In the red blood cells, hemoglobin is a protein that brings oxygen to the organs and tissues of the…

Q: Discuss the factors that affect oxygen binding in hemoglobin.

A: Hemoglobin is an oilgomeric, allosteric conjugated protein. It is composed of four polypeptide…

Q: a. How many subunits does hemoglobin have? What are their conventional names? b. Identify the oxygen…

A: Haemoglobin have four subunits. The conventional names are α and β. Since hemoglobin is a tetramer,…

Q: 1 2 H 4 pO2 A mutant hemoglobin that binds 2,3-BPG with greater affinity 0 1 O 2 O 3 0 4 Fraction of…

A: Hemoglobin(Hb) is the major protein molecule in the Red Blood Cells(RBCs) that aid in transportation…

Q: What are the geometrical and conformational changes the hemoglobin undergoes on binding of 1st…

A: Hemoglobin is the oxygen carrier of RBC. In hemoglobin, binding of one oxygen increases the binding…

Q: What color is deoxyhemoglobin? Why?

A: The form of hemoglobin without the oxygen which is the predominant protein in red blood cells is…

Q: The following statement describes which level of structure of the hemoglobin molecule? "Each chain…

A: Proteins have four levels of organisation each of which is stabilized by certain bonds.  primary…

Q: How much iron is there in the hemoglobin of a 70-kg adult? Assume that the blood volume is 70 ml…

A: Human blood contains hemoglobin in their red blood cells. The hemoglobin molecules are present in…

Q: How does the oxygen-binding curve of fetal hemoglobin differ from that of adult hemoglobin?

A: In humans, the primary oxygen carrier protein for the fetus is known as fetal hemoglobin. Hemoglobin…

Q: Will a mutation from Distal histidine to phenylalanine shift the binding curve of hemoglobin?Will it…

A: Hemoglobin (Hb) is a iron containing metallo- protein molecule which carries oxygen from lungs to…