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Haemoglobin's chaperone

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Molecular chaperones come in different forms, but all have a similar task: to keep other proteins in shape. A newly identified chaperone seems to be specific to haemoglobin, preventing precipitation.

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Figure 1: Balancing the components of haemoglobin.

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Luzzatto, L., Notaro, R. Haemoglobin's chaperone. Nature 417, 703–705 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/417703a

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