Answer to Question #134009 in Human Anatomy and Physiology for Ruby

Question #134009
Oxyhaemoglobin and Oxymyoglobin are placed at PO2 100 mm of Hg , which will lose O2 first?
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2020-09-22T08:09:45-0400

Oxyhemoglobin will lose O2 first as hemoglobin is a tetramer containing 4 subunits of protein each binding O2 coperatively thus having a sigmoidal oxygenbinding curve compared to myoglobin a monomer with a high affinity for oxygen and binds more tightly forming a hyperbolic oxygenbinding curve.

In terms of transportation myoglobin transports O2 to the muscles under higher exertion compared to hemoglobin transporting O2 to the blood.


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