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Table 1 Heterotropic effects at half-saturation (P50) for coast and eastern mole hemoglobin

From: Molecular basis of a novel adaptation to hypoxic-hypercapnia in a strictly fossorial mole

 

Eastern mole

Coast mole

 

Hb I

Hb II

Hb I

Hb II

Δlog P50/Δlog [Cl-]1,2

0.21

0.25

0.31

0.33

Δlog P50± 2.5 mM DPG1,3

0.02

0.02

0.26

0.23

Δlog P50/ΔpH4

   25°C, 0.1 M Cl-

-0.57

-0.61

-0.55

-0.62

   37°C, 'stripped'

-0.40

-0.41

-0.32

-0.44

   37°C, 0.1 M Cl-

-0.51

-0.52

-0.54

-0.59

   37°C, 0.1 M Cl- + 2.5 mM DPG

-0.63

-0.73

-0.86

-0.78

Oxygenation enthalpy; ΔH (kJ mol-1 O2)5

-13.7

-10.3

-9.7

-7.6

  1. 1pH = 7.2
  2. 2[DPG] = 0 mM
  3. 3[Cl-] = 0.1 M
  4. 4over pH range 6.9-7.4; PCO2 = 0 mm Hg
  5. 5[Cl-] = 0.1 M; [DPG] = 0 mM; pH = 7.2