The fire emoji next to a friend's name means that you and that special, special person in your life have snapped one another within 24 hours for at least two days in a row. You know, like your friendship is on fire? Or...
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.
Hemoglobin is the oxygen binding protein of red blood cells and is a globular protein with quaternary structure. Hemoglobin consists of four polypeptide subunits; 2 alpha chains and two beta chains. Hemoglobin transports oxygen in the blood from the lungs to the rest of the body.