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*'''giant hemoglobin''' are sulfur-binding 400kDa hemoglobin found in mouthless and gutless marine animals which get their nutrition by symbiosis with sulfur-oxidizing bacteria<ref>PMID:16204001</ref> . | *'''giant hemoglobin''' are sulfur-binding 400kDa hemoglobin found in mouthless and gutless marine animals which get their nutrition by symbiosis with sulfur-oxidizing bacteria<ref>PMID:16204001</ref> . | ||
*'''truncated hemoglobin''' found in bacteria and plants. They are 20-40 residues shorter than other Hb and have 2-on-2 alpha helical sandwich structure vs the 3-on-3 of other Hbs<ref>PMID:11696555</ref> . | *'''truncated hemoglobin''' found in bacteria and plants. They are 20-40 residues shorter than other Hb and have 2-on-2 alpha helical sandwich structure vs the 3-on-3 of other Hbs<ref>PMID:11696555</ref> . | ||
*'''methemoglobin''' contains Fe+3 rather than Fe+2 can cause the lethal disease methemoglobinemia<ref>PMID:30726002</ref> . | |||
==Hemoglobin subunit binding O<sub>2</sub>== | ==Hemoglobin subunit binding O<sub>2</sub>== | ||