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In adult humans, the most common hemoglobin type is a tetramer (which contains 4 subunit proteins) called hemoglobin A, consisting of two Î± and two Î² subunits non-covalently bound, each made of 141 and 146 amino acid residues, respectively. This is denoted as Î± 2 Î² 2.
Function of hemoglobin Hemoglobin is composed of subunits, a protein structure that is referred to as a quaternary structure. Each of the four subunits that make up hemoglobin is arranged in a ring-like fashion, with an iron atom covalently bound to the heme in the center of each subunit.