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Carbon Monoxide Is Toxic Because

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Carbon monoxide is toxic because


A) it is a negative allosteric effector and lowers the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen.
B) it oxidizes Fe2+ (ferrous) to Fe3+ (ferric) .
C) it reacts chemically with one of the essential amino acid sidechains and inactivates the hemoglobin.
D) it binds competitively to the heme group and thus lowers the amount of oxygen bound.

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