hemoglobin
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Hemoglobin binds gases such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitric oxide, and it is an iron carrier via the heme complex.
From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2023
Hemoglobin is a quaternary protein comprise of four iron-containing heme groups; iron has a great affinity for oxygen.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Hemoglobin arose out of four interlinked globin proteins, each holding a heme, and it rapidly became ubiquitous.
From Scientific American • May 6, 2019
Hemoglobin A1c is a form of the red blood cell protein bound to glucose; its level indicates a person's average blood sugar over the preceding 3 months.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 7, 2019
Hemoglobin has multiple variants, including some that are specific to the fetus.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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