In article <5dvh51$rd7 at highway.leidenuniv.nl>,
Jeroen Schaap <Schaap at rullf2.medfac.leidenuniv.nl> wrote:
>In article <5dmtq2$em0 at news.ox.ac.uk>,
>patrick at gryphon.psych.ox.ac.uk (Patrick Juola) wrote:
>[]
>:>:You're confusing the behavior of CO2 with the behavior of CO; CO2 doesn't
>:displace oxygen from hemoglobin.
>:>: Patrick
>>Do me a feavour and check out a physiology handbook. That is: CO2 DOES
> displace
>O2 from heamoglobin, BUT carbonmonooxid does irreversibly bind to O2 binding
>sites.
>
According to my handy text here, "An increase in the concentration of
carbon dioxide results in an increase in acidity which in turn
decreases the affinity of oxygen for haemoglobin." (_Biological
Science - Principles an Patterns of Life_, G. Wilson)
So it seems to be more the change in pH as opposed to the binding of CO2.
Brian
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