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  • Hemoglobin and Heme: Understanding the Molecular Structure
    There's a bit of a misunderstanding here. It's not a polypeptide chain that has haem molecules attached to it, but a protein called haemoglobin.

    Here's the breakdown:

    * Haemoglobin is a protein found in red blood cells that is responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body.

    * Haemoglobin is made up of four polypeptide chains (two alpha and two beta chains).

    * Each polypeptide chain has one haem molecule attached to it.

    * Each haem molecule can bind to one oxygen molecule.

    Therefore, a haemoglobin molecule has four haem molecules attached to it, allowing it to bind and carry four oxygen molecules at a time.

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