How Fitness Impacts Hemoglobin’s O2 Affinity and Its Structure
Hemoglobin (4 colored pipecleaers with 4 white pom poms as heme) in T state, with CO2 (blue pom poms) bound to the globin proteins. In an environment with lots of O2 (red pom poms), such as the lungs. Hemoglobin will unload CO2 to be expired, and take on O2 to …
