Multiple Choice
Hemoglobin C disease has altered solubility properties similar to hemoglobin S disease.What accounts for this altered solubility?
A) Heme iron is in the ferric from rather than ferrous form.
B) The hemoglobin remains in the tense structure.
C) A nonploar amino acid is substituted for a polar amino acid.
D) A polar amino acid is substituted near the pocket where heme binds.
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