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| | 03/10/06 - 07:19 AM  
 
   
 
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hemoglobin exhibits positive cooperativity and negative allostery, unlike myoglobin. -- from FA Can anybody please explain this. Thanks
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| mildus Forum Guru
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| | 03/10/06 - 10:27 AM  
 
   
 
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Myoglobin has one subunit only whereas hemoglobin has 4 subunits. Cooperation of subunits is property of those substances which have more than one subunit. Allostery is also usually present in molecules with more subunits.
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| | 03/10/06 - 10:46 AM  
 
   
 
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Thanks mildus. Good luck to you.
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