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Structure of human hemoglobin

Structure of human hemoglobin

Hemoglobin is a tetramer of alpha (red) and beta (blue) subunits with iron containing heme groups (green).

This is a color picture of the structure of hemoglobin. It depicts hemoglobin as a tetramer of alpha (red) and beta (blue) subunits with iron-containing heme groups (green).

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