Researchers investigating the fundamentals of oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation have effectively separated hemoglobin tetramers into individual alpha and beta subunits. Under physiological settings, a solution containing exclusively monomeric beta-hemoglobin subunits is generated during an experiment. The oxygen dissociation curve of dissolved beta subunits will most likely resemble which of the following lines if measured?

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Eductional Objective: Individual hemoglobin subunits are structurally similar to myoglobin subunits. When the monomeric subunits are separated, they exhibit a hyperbolic oxygen-dissociation curve similar to that of myoglobin.

Researchers Investigating the Fundamentals of Oxygen-Hemoglobin Dissociation Have Effectively Separated