Answer to Question #252089 in General Chemistry for kakashi

Question

The presence of FE2+ in the hemoglobin structure is stabilize by what type of interaction?

Answer 1

Both haemoglobin and myoglobin contain iron, in the form of Fe2+, and it is the iron that binds to oxygen molecules.

In an area of low oxygen concentration, haemoglobin gives up its cargo of four oxygen molecules, due to a change in shape of the subunits,