A, oxygen binding rate constants for C. aestuarii Hc at
pH 5.6 to 8.7. Acetate, MES, and Tris-HCl buffers (50 mm), were
used for measurements at pH 5.6, 6.0-6.5, and 7.1-8.7, respectively.
B, plots of kobs
versus [O2]
for the reaction of Hc with oxygen at pH 8.3 (black) and 6.5
(red), together with the least-squares-fitted line according to
Equation 1. Experimental conditions are the same as those listed in
Fig. 2.