Table 1.

Oxygen equilibrium parameters, autooxidation and heme loss kinetics of mutant hemoglobins (HbE and HbS) contrasted with values for normal human hemoglobin.

Sample	P50	n50	kauto	Kauto + Cat	Heme loss
	mm Hg		h−1	h−1	k1 (h−1)	k2 (h−1)
HbA	14.0a	2.6b	0.054 ± 0.002b	0.007 ± 0.003b	11.75b	0.86b
HbE	12.4c	2.8c	0.051 ± 0.054b	0.089 ± 0.002b	19.07b	2.12b
HbS	35.5e	1.75e	0.177 ± 0.042d	0.073 ± 0.016d	15.5d	1.68d

^aStrader et al. (2016),

^bStrader et al. (2017),

^cMay and Huehns (1975),

^dKassa et al. (2015),

^eKassa et al. (2017).