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Haemoglobin is the most abundant protein in mammals, an adult male contains about 1 kg of it, equivalent to 3.5 g iron, about 80% of the total iron in our body. Haemoglobin concentration in erythrocyte cytosol is 34% by weight.
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Buxbaum, E. (2007). Haemoglobin and myoglobin: co-operativity. In: Fundamentals of Protein Structure and Function. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68480-2_7
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