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| Hemoglobin Hemes | |
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| Instructions: If not already visible in the lower frame, load the X-ray structures for heme groups of the HbA-a1 & -b1 chains into the bottom frame. The images show the heme groups of deoxyHb-a1/b1 (top) and the oxyHb-a1/b1 (bottom). | |
| 1. Residues surrounding the heme groups of the a1 and b1 chains of HbA | |
| deoxyHb a1/b1 chains spacefill hemes on | oxyHb a1/b1 chains spacefill hemes on |
| superimposed oxy/deoxyHb hemes zoom | |
| 2. Closeup of the heme groups of the HbA-a1 chain | |
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