Oxygen affinity of avian hemoglobins

• Main Authors: Vandecasserie, Christian, Paul, Claudine, Schnek, Arthur Georges, Leonis, José
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: Physiologie générale; Anas platyrhinchos; Aptenodytes forsteri; Ara chloroptera; Avian hemoglobin; Bohr effect; Columba livia livia; Gallus gallus; hemoglobin chromatography and electrophoresis; inositolhexaphosphate; Meleagris gallapavo; oxygenation; Phaseanus colchicus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/181832

1. 1. Blood from different avian species displays the presence of either two major hemoglobin components, type 1 and type 2, or a unique one similar to type 2. 2. 2. Some aspects of oxygen equilibrium are reported for both types of hemoglobin obtained from several species, namely oxygen affinity in the absence or presence of inositolhexaphosphate, the Bohr effect and the heme-heme interaction. 3. 3. The analogies and differences illustrated at the level of the physicochemical parameters are also observed at the level of the physiological properties. © 1973. SCOPUS: ar.j info:eu-repo/semantics/published