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THE wide, albeit sporadic, occurrence of haemoglobin among the phyla presents the opportunity to compare the structures of proteins with like functions but from dissimilar biological sources. Among the mammals myoglobin from the sperm whale1 and the seal2, and the subunits of horse3 and human4 haemoglobin, all have essentially the same tertiary structure. It has also been reported5 that haemoglobin from the fly, Chironomus thummi, has a similar structure.
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PADLAN, E., LOVE, W. Structure of the Haemoglobin of the Marine Annelid Worm, Glycera dibranchiata, at 5.5 Å Resolution. Nature 220, 376–378 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220376a0
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