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Protein Molecules: Structure and Synthesis

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Hemoglobin:

Hemoglobin transports oxygen from the lungs or gills to the rest of the body, such as to the muscles, where it releases the oxygen load. In humans, the hemoglobin molecule is an assembly of four globular protein subunits. Each subunit is composed of a polypeptide chain tightly associated with a non-protein heme group. Each protein chain arranges into a set of alpha-helix structural segments connected together in a globin fold ...

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