Assertion: hemoglobin | /r/CapableOf | release oxygen
Facets:
value: into the tissues
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from its heme site
type: LOCATION
value: into the bloodstream
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to burn nutrients
type: PURPOSE
value: for use by local tissue
type: PURPOSE
value: to the different body parts
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: more readily
type: MANNER
value: more easily
type: MANNER
value: in the body
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: more easily than can myoglobin
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Hemoglobin is more likely to release Oxygen.
text: It is necessary for hemoglobin to release the oxygen that it binds; if not, there is no point in binding it.
text: 01:01 and one thing we just need to consider is how haemoglobin can take up and release oxygen and it releases oxygen to the tissues.
text: Once it reaches the muscle, where the pH is lower, the lowered affinity for oxygen allows hemoglobin to release its oxygen into the tissues.
text: Certain conditions cause hemoglobin to release more oxygen into the bloodstream, shifting the curve to the right; certain conditions cause hemoglobin to pick up more oxygen from the bloodstream, shifting the curve to the left.
text: Why might it be a disadvantage for hemoglobin to release their oxygen?
text: Nitric oxide can also be transported by hemoglobin; it is bound to specific thiol groups in the globin protein to form an S-nitrosothiol, which dissociates into free nitric oxide and thiol again, as the hemoglobin releases oxygen from its heme site.
text: This makes it more difficult for hemoglobin to bind to oxygen (requiring a higher partial pressure of oxygen to achieve the same oxygen saturation), but it makes it easier for the hemoglobin to release oxygen bound to it.
text: This is so because hemoglobin can release oxygen more easily than can myoglobin.
text: Thus, hemoglobin's lower affinity for oxygen serves it well because it allows hemoglobin to release oxygen more easily in the body.
text: However, when hemoglobin is present in the tissues and releases oxygen, the saturation level drops to 32%; thus, 66% of the potential oxygen-binding sites are involved in the transportation of oxygen.
text: Nitric oxide is bound to specific thiol groups in the globin protein to form an S-nitrosothiol, which dissociates into free nitric oxide and thiol again, as the hemoglobin releases oxygen from its heme site.
text: Carbon dioxide can also bind to hemoglobin and therefore as the partial pressure of carbon dioxide rises the hemoglobin releases oxygen more readily.
text: It lowers hemoglobin’s affinity for oxygen, causing hemoglobin to release oxygen into the bloodstream for tissues to use.
text: Rate that hemoglobin binds and releases oxygen is regulated by:
text: As the blood travels through the body, the hemoglobin releases oxygen to the different body parts.
text: Nitric oxide can also be transported by hemoglobin; it is bound to specific thiol groups in the globin protein to form an S-nitrosothiol, which dissociates into free nitric oxide and thiol again, as the hemoglobin releases oxygen from its heme site.
text: As the blood circulates to other body tissue in which the partial pressure of oxygen is less, the hemoglobin releases the oxygen into the tissue because the hemoglobin cannot maintain its full bound capacity of oxygen in the presence of lower oxygen partial pressures.
text: The erythrocyte containing the hemoglobin then travels through the bloodstream to the body's cells, where oxygen concentration is low, and the hemoglobin releases the oxygen for use by local tissue.
text: It is necessary for hemoglobin to release the oxygen that it binds; if not, there is no point in binding it.
text: Hemoglobin in the blood carries oxygen from the respiratory organs (lungs or gills) to the rest of the body (i.e., the tissues) where it releases the oxygen to burn nutrients to provide energy to power the functions of the organism, and collects the resultant carbon dioxide to bring it back to the respiratory organs to be dispensed from the organism.
text: It is necessary for hemoglobin to release the oxygen that it binds; if not, there is no point in binding it.
text: Haemoglobin needs to release oxygen into the tissues.