Carbon monoxide binding to hemoglobin is an example of a permanent competitive inhibition. How would hemoglobin be affected by the increasing concentration of oxygen?
1 Answer
Jul 16, 2018
The degree of binding of Oxygen to hemoglobin would be increased.
Explanation:
Oxygen and hemoglobin are the reactants in the reaction of the binding of Oxygen to hemoglobin. Increasing the reactants will drive the reaction to the products which in this case in the complex of Oxygen and hemoglobin in the blood. This is an application of Le Chatellier's principle of chemical reactions.
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