Ch5 Adaptive Quiz: Hemoglobin and ligand-binding

Question 1

A protein’s ligand is:

Answer 1

a molecule that reversibly binds to the protein.

Question 2

Which amino acid would MOST likely be found in the binding site of a protein whose ligand is a cation?

Answer 2

aspartate

Question 3

Which statement does NOT reflect one of the changes involved in the T→R transition as oxygen binds hemoglobin?

Answer 3

The space between α subunits widens.