Abstract

Summary The effects of organic phosphates, such as adenosine triphosphate, 2,3-diphosphoglycerate and inositol hexaphosphate (phytic acid), on the oxygen equilibria of two major hemoglobins isolated from eel erythrocytes and freed of phosphate were investigated. One of these hemoglobins (E 1 ) was found to be greatly affected on its oxygen affinity and pH dependency by added organic phosphates, while the other (E 2 ) was almost insensitive to these phosphates. Results were described under considerations of the possible role of organic phosphates in regulating the function of eel hemoglobins in situ .

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