Energetics of Biological Macromolecules, Part D, Volume 379 (Methods in Enzymology)
Contributors: Jo M. Holt (Editor); Michael L. Johnson (Editor); Gary K. Ackers (Editor)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: March 5, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780121827830
Subjects: Biochemistry; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - Molecular Biology; Science; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Life Sciences - Cytology; Science / Molecular Biology
First sentence: The phenomenon of cooperative ligand binding is dramatically demonstrated in the distinctive sigmoidal O2 binding curve of human hemoglobin (Hb), which facilitates efficient delivery of O2 from the lungs to tissues undergoing oxidative metabolism.