Final exam Flashcards
(109 cards)
Hemoglobin has a _________ affinity for oxygen in the arterial system
high
Hemoglobin has a _________ affinity for CO2 in the arterial system
low
Hemoglobin has a _________ affinity for phosphates in the arterial system
low
Hemoglobin has a _________ affinity for hydrogen in the arterial system
low
Hemoglobin has a _________ affinity for Chloride in the arterial system
low
Hemoglobin has a ________ affinity for oxygen in the venous system
low
Hemoglobin has a ________ affinity for CO2 in the venous system
high
_________ transports oxygen from lung to the tissue
hemoglobin
_______ is a protein that stores and transports oxygen in muscle tissue (skeletal and heart)
myoglobin
Myoglobin binds and releases O2 based on
cellular O2 concentrations
Myoglobin ______ upon muscle activation
desaturates
Myoglobin ______ diffusion from capillaries to cytoplasm
increases
Myoglobin is used in the conversion of _________ to ______ to enhance ___________
nitric oxide, nitrate, cellular respiration
Ligands _____ to iron ion to stabilize charge and help to solubilize
bind/coordinate
Ligands for iron are
electron-rich species (nonmetal or polyatomic ions)
Iron has _______ coordination sites
6
A heterocyclic macrocycle composed of four modified pyrrole subunits connected by carbon bridges
Polyphyrins
Polyphyrins are conjugated ________ compounds
aromatic
Inactive protein is called a ______
Apoprotein
Apoproteins make heme more ______
water soluble
myoglobin is a ________ heme protein
monomeric
hemoglobin is a _______
tetramer
hemoglobin has a total of ______ subunits, 2 ____ and 2 ______
4, 2 alpha and 2 beta
fetal hemoglobin has 2 alpha subunits but the beta subunits are replaced by _____
gamma