Figure 1: Crystal structure of porcine Hp–Hb. Electron micrographs showing Hp–Hb as a rigid structure 13 are supported by the presence of two nearly identical porcine Hp–Hb dimers in the asymmetric ...
In 1937, an ambitious project was initiated with the aim of determining the molecular structure of haemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen. Haemoglobin forms crystals that ...