The protein haemoglobin found in red blood cells binds reversibly with oxygen. It is the oxygen transporter in blood, and when combined with oxygen the product is oxyhaemoglobin. One haemoglobin molecule binds with four oxygen molecules in accordance with the chemical equation:
Hb + 4O2 -> Hb(O2)4
Note: Hb is haemoglobin; Hb(O2)4 is oxyhaemoglobin
Hemoglobin is the iron containing protein in our red blood cells that combines with and carries oxygen.
Hemoglobin is the protein that carries oxygen found in red blood cells.
It is an iron-based protein called hemoglobin.
Blood carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. To do this blood cells have a specialized protein that is able to bind oxygen to the blood cell. This protein is known as hemoglobin.
Red blood cells contain the protein hemoglobin, which binds with oxygen, and transport the oxygen throughout the body.
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.
Hemoglobin
hemoglobin a protein containing 4 iron atoms that is used to transport oxygen.
The main function of red blood cells is to transport oxygen around in the body. The oxygen is transported by the hemoglobin (a protein) which is inside the red blood cells.
red blood cells transport oxygen :)
Haemoglobin. That's what gives red blood cells their colour, too.
blood transport oxygen around the body