Hemoglobin Protein (IMAGE)

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Hemoglobin Protein

Caption

The two loops, shown in gold near the bottom of the protein structure, delimit the pocket where heme subunit resides and where oxygenation occurs.

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Gustavo Caetano-Anollés

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