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Subunits present in haemoglobin are:...

Subunits present in haemoglobin are:

A

2

B

3

C

4

D

5

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The correct Answer is:
C
One molecule of haemoglobin has 4 haeme groups, and each of them is capable of taking up one molecule of `O_(2)`, therefore, oxyhaemoglobin may be depicted as `Hb(O_(2))_(4)`.
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