The kinetics of hœmoglobin V- The combination of carbon monoxide with reduced hœmoglobin
The theoretical aspects and importance of this reaction have already been discussed in the introductory paper of this series (part IV) as have also the experimental methods in broad outline. It will be assumed here that the reader is familiar with the paper. In the present paper will be found the experimental results of the tests suggested in part IV, together with an account of the effect of pn and temperature on the rate of combination of carbon monoxide with reduced hæmoglobin. It will be useful to describe first of all the results of a typical experiment at pH 10, temperature 21º C, [CO] = 0·1 mM, [Hb] = 0·06m M. These are plotted in fig. 1. It will be seen that the reaction is half complete in about 0·05 second and there is therefore no doubt that the apparatus is amply adequate for coping with the reaction, since in our previous papers we have shown that even reactions more than ten times as fast could still be accurately measured.