HAEMOGLOBIN

• WHAT ARE HAEMOGLOBINS?

  group of proteins with a quaternary structure
• QUATERNARY STRUCTURE OF HAEMOGLOBIN?

  4 polypeptide chains (2 alpha, 2 beta)
• WHAT DO HAEMOGLOBIN AND RBCs DO?

  transport oxygen
• WHAT TYPE OF PROTEIN IS HAEMOGLOBIN AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

  globular protein

  -> soluble in water