As a doctor you find a patient that does not have hemoglobin. Please explain why you...

As a doctor you find a patient that does not have hemoglobin. Please explain why you could not treat this patient with an infusion of myoglobin.

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As a doctor you find a patient that does not have hemoglobin. Please explain why you could not treat this patient with an infusion of myoglobin

because

haemoglobin can bind to 4 molecules of oxygen and Myoglobin bind to only 1 molecule of oxygen.in haemoglobin hemes are found in each subunit.

therefore myoglobin reversibly bind to one oxygen & haemoglobin can bind to 4 molecules of oxygen

they i.e. Hb & Mb have different biological functions.

Hb is used to trasport oxygen over large distances from lungs to tissues.

whereas Mb is present in muscle & behaves as a lcal storage reservoir of oxygen.

therefore patient can not be treated with infusion of mb.

gladiator answered 1 year ago

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