Abstract
A magnetic method for the determination of oxyhemoglobin dissociation curves has been employed in a study of the oxygen affinity of hemoglobin in simple solution and in normal and spherical erythrocytes. Hemoglobin within the biconcave discoid cell was shown to have a lower affinity for oxygen than that in the spherical cell. The oxygen affinity of hemoglobin within the spherical cells was the same as hemoglobin in simple solution. The molecular interpretation of the observed equilibrium between oxygen and hemoglobin supports previous evidence that oxygen molecules react in pairs with the hemoglobin molecule.
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