Which gas react with hemoglobin in blood?
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Hemoglobin is a protein with a special molecule called heme, with an iron atom at the center, where oxygen and carbon monoxide can bind. Best wishes, Answer 8: The answer to your question involves hemoglobin, the protein that is responsible for carrying oxygen in red blood cells.
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Carbon Monoxide or CO gas reacts with the hemoglobin of our blood.
- Carboxyhemoglobin is formed when carbon monoxide reacts with hemoglobin. Carbon monoxide (CO) binds to hemoglobin 200 to 300 times more strongly than oxygen, forming carboxyhemoglobin and inhibiting oxygen binding to hemoglobin due to competition for the same binding sites. CO + Hb ⇒ HbCO.
- CO also increases the stability of the hemoglobin-oxygen connection, limiting the hemoglobin molecule's capacity to release oxygen bound to other oxygen-binding sites. As a result, the amount of oxygen available to tissues decreases. Carbon monoxide binds to myoglobin and cytochrome oxidase, among other things. When it binds to cytochrome oxidase, it releases free radicals in the mitochondria, which attract leukocytes. Damage to endothelial cells and the brain's vasculature, as well as lipid peroxidation of brain membranes, are among the consequences.
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