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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2014 Jan 21;28(2):217–231. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2013.11.001

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Quaternary structure of human Hb. α1-subunit (grey), α2-subunit (yellow), β1-subunit (magenta) and β2-subunit (green). (A) Ribbon diagram showing the four Hb subunits arranged around a central water cavity. (B) Spherical illustration of the Hb subunits showing access to the central water cavity via the α-cleft and β-cleft.