ISSN:
1420-9071
Keywords:
Hemoglobin
;
cooperativity
;
P50
;
oxygen affinity
;
Hill coefficient
;
oxygen equilibrium curve
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The fractional saturation of hemoglobin with oxygen was plotted against P/P50 and the slope of the abscissa at 1 was calculated for 38 OEC data sets of human Hb A. There was a linear correlation between the slope and the Hill coefficient (nmax), and the slope was about one-forth that of nmax. This implies that the slope of the abscissa at 1 of Y vs P/P50 plot can provide information about the magnitude of cooperativity in hemoglobin oxygen binding.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01919366
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