RBC contains a red coloured pigment which carries oxygen with it. What is the pigment called?
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That pigment is called as haemoglobin.
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Hemoglobin is the red-colored pigment present in RBC which carries oxygen with it.
- RBC is Red Blood Cell. It is the major constituent of blood.
- Its major function is the transport of gases in our body.
- RBCs are red in color due to the presence of a red-colored pigment called hemoglobin.
- Hemoglobin is a quarternary protein that is made up of heme which is an iron-rich pigment and globin which is proteinous in nature.
- Hemoglobin helps in the transport of gases i.e. CO₂ and O₂ from blood to tissue and tissue to blood.
- When hemoglobin binds to oxygen it is called oxyhemoglobin and when hemoglobin binds to carbon-di-oxide, it is called carboxyhemoglobin.
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