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About 7% of plasma is protein, and there are hundreds of different ones, each doing its own job.

(Main jobs: transport, coagulation control, information, infection control, etc.)

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Which human blood group lacks proteins in the red blood cells?

Blood type O lacks the antigen proteins of A and B. Blood type O is the universal donor.


What are blood clotting proteins?

Proteins involved in the blood clotting process form a barrier to stop the blood loose from injury. there are various blood clotting factors, thrombin, and fibrin are all involved in the biochemical cascade to make the fibrin clot at the end. They generally activated by each other from its precursor protein such as prothrombin, fibrinogen.


What part of the blood contains the plasma proteins?

Plasma is one of the major parts of the blood. It is the liquid that is left after the other major parts, like red blood cells and white blood cells, are removed. It contains many different essential proteins, as well as salts and sugars.


What are The blood proteins A and B?

The blood proteins A and B are antigens found on the surface of red blood cells that determine blood type. Individuals with blood type A have A antigens, while individuals with blood type B have B antigens. Blood type AB individuals have both A and B antigens.


The traits for blood type and Rh are the result of the presence or absence of particular?

The traits for blood type and Rh factor are determined by the presence or absence of specific proteins on the surface of red blood cells. Blood type is determined by antigens (proteins) on the red blood cell membrane, while the Rh factor is based on the presence or absence of the Rh antigen (protein) on the red blood cell.

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How do proteins determine your blood type?

I think it is the amount of a certain type of proteins Google proteins and blood type to get a better answer


Why O blood group can donate anybody?

O blood has no major proteins that A and B blood have. For example: If someone had B blood with its specific proteins, this person cant receive A blood because it has the specific A blood proteins that will cause bad clotting to stop it. O blood (with no different proteins) wont affect any blood.


Where are the blood type proteins found?

blood type proteins are found on the surface of the red blood cells that are like id tags


How proteins helpful?

Proteins in the cells can be secreted out as intracellular proteins. Hormones, enzymes, and other proteins can be transported via blood stream and acts on distant tissues. when there is an injury or blood leakage appears in our hands lets say, proteins that does the blood clotting arrives there like a police to stop blood flow!


Which human blood group lacks proteins in the red blood cells?

Blood type O lacks the antigen proteins of A and B. Blood type O is the universal donor.


What plasma proteins helps maintain normal blood volume?

Which of the following plasma proteins help regulate blood volume?


Are proteins larger than blood cells?

Yes,because proteins is like egg is larger than blood cells.


What are the predominant regulators of circulating blood volume?

The renal framework, and all the more explicitly the kidney, is principally liable for directing blood volume. The kidney's essential capability is to adjust the solutes and water content of the blood through filtration, reabsorption, and emission.


Is blood typed based on the proteins fund in the plasma?

Blood type is based on the antigens found on the surface of the red blood cells. It's not based on proteins found in plasma.


Can a person with blood type AB donate blood to a person with blood type A explain?

Each blood type has it's identifying proteins, and will reject blood with the wrong proteins. Type A blood is anti-B, type B blood is anti-A, type O blood has both, and type AB blood has neither. Imagine if someone with AB blood tried to donate to someone with A. AB blood has identifying proteins A and B. The type A blood would recognize the B proteins and kill the cells. The same thing would happen with B, which would recognize the A proteins and kill the cells. Type O blood would recognize and reject both the A and B proteins and reject them. However, if someone who is type AB gives to AB people, their blood does not destroy neither protein A nor B, so it would accept it.


Proteins on the outside of the aids virus bind to what?

proteins on the surface of red blood cells


What are blood clotting proteins?

Proteins involved in the blood clotting process form a barrier to stop the blood loose from injury. there are various blood clotting factors, thrombin, and fibrin are all involved in the biochemical cascade to make the fibrin clot at the end. They generally activated by each other from its precursor protein such as prothrombin, fibrinogen.