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The part of the hemoglobin molecule that directly interacts with oxygen is what?
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What happens when hemoglobin is degraded?
The part of the blood that is responsible for carrying oxygen is hemoglobin. The hemoglobin binds to oxygen in the alveoli of the lungs. Then the hemoglobin releases the oxygen at the cells. The part of the hemoglobin molecule that is directly responsible for carrying the oxygen is the iron ion in the center of the molecule's structure. The iron ion changes from a Fe +2 ion to a Fe +3 when carrying the oxygen. Then the hemoglobin reaches the cell, the iron ion decomposes back to the more stable Fe +2 state, replacing the oxygen with a water molecule.
What is a protein that binds with oxygen molecules?
Hemoglobin binds with oxygen molecules. Hemoglobin is a protein molecule.
WHen hemoglobin binds its first oxygen molecule it is easier for other?
after one oxygen molecule binds to hemoglobin, it is easier for the other molecules to bind to the hemoglobin. this is known as cooperative binding.
What substance is transported by hemoglobin?
The hemoglobin molecule is what the oxygen molecule will attach to in the red blood cell.
Each hemoglobin molecule is able to transport molecules of oxygen.?
False. The mammalian hemoglobin molecule can bind (carry) up to four oxygen molecules.
How is oxygen transferred to the cell?
Oxygen is transferred to the cells by our red blood cells which have a special molecule called hemoglobin inside. The hemoglobin molecule binds to the oxygen molecule and the reb blood cells transports the oxygen to wherever it is needed.
What is the name of the thing in our blood that transport oxygen?
Red blood cells are packed full of a protein called hemoglobin. Hemoglobin has a molecule of iron in each protein molecule. This hemoglobin is what carries oxygen. The oxygen binds with the iron.
What portion of hemoglobin molecule binds oxygen?
Hemoglobin contains a heme group with an Iron ion attached to it. The iron is what binds to O2.
How many molecules of oxygen bind to one molecule of hemoglobin?
Haemoglobin combines with four molecules of oxygen.
In blood cells what carries oxygen molecules?
Hemoglobin is the molecule in the red blood cell that carries oxygen. Iron is one of hemoglobin's chief components.
What is in cells in the blood that carry oxygen?
Hemoglobin is the iron-containing molecule that transports oxygen. Hemoglobin is found in red blood cells.
How does oxygen circulate in the body?
Oxygen circulates through the body in blood. A molecule of oxygen (O2) from the lungs binds loosely to a molecule of hemoglobin in a red blood cell. The red blood cell travels through the capillaries and the oxygen molecule is released from the hemoglobin and is delivered to the cells.
