respiratory pigments - ✔️✔️proteins that transport oxygen, greatly increase the amount
of oxygen that blood can carry
what is the respiratory pigment in vertebrates? - ✔️✔️hemoglobin
oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve - ✔️✔️Relationship between available oxygen and
amount of oxygen carried by hemoglobin.
sigmoidal shape
binding of oxygen to hemoglobin dependent upon partial pressure of oxygen
cooperative binding of hemoglobin - ✔️✔️- hemoglobin consists of four prosthetic
heme groups that can bind one O2 each, as each individual O2 molecule binds, it
increases the affinity of the next heme group for the additional O2 molecule
- also works in reverse for O2 offloading
- results in a sigmoidal dissociation curve
upper pleateau of sigmoid curve - ✔️✔️Hb remains almost fully saturated in light of any
respiratory/circulatory abnormalities as is typically experienced in old age, illness, or a
low oxygen environment (e.g. high altitude).
p50 - ✔️✔️half-saturation pressure
at this point, half of hemoglobin present as oxyhemoglobin
Right Shift Curve - ✔️✔️P50 increases
lower affinity for oxygen
promotes release of oxygen
Left Shift Curve - ✔️✔️p50 decreases
higher affinity for oxygen
promotes the loading of oxygen
Factors that Cause Right shift? - ✔️✔️Cadet face right
carbon dioxide
increase in acidity, lower pH
increase in dpg
exercise
increase in temperature
Factors that cause a left shift? - ✔️✔️stripped of dpg, more basic, cold temperatures,
what wavelength would be used in the spectrophotometer? - ✔️✔️660 nm