Quaternary structure
Haemoglobin
Structure:
haemoglobin and haem
Nomenclature of the helices
Details of the haem group
Conformational change
in oxygenation
Interaction among subunits:
saline bridges
Cooperativity
in oxygenation
Allosterism in proteins
Alteration of structure and function:
haemoglobin S
Drepanocytosis and drepanocytic anaemia