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Ruiz-Larrea, M. Begona – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2002
Hemoglobin is a complex protein formed by various subunits interacting with each other. These noncovalent interactions, quaternary structure, are responsible for hemoglobin functioning as an excellent oxygen transporter, loading up with oxygen in the lungs and delivering it to tissues, where the oxygen pressure is lower. The communications between…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Genetics, Adolescents, Molecular Structure