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Myoglobin is not cooperative and hemoglobin is. Why? Why does hemoglobin being a multimeric protein (specficlly tetramer for
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Hemoglobin molecule can bind up to four oxygen molecules ,and Myoglobin bind only one oxygen molecule ,

that's why Hemoglobin show cooperative nature ,and Myoglobin does not .

In hemoglobin it have four /tetra Hem unit so it bind up to four oxygen molecule ,that's why hemoglobin being a multimeric protein and make it cooperative .

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