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Since oxyhaemoglobin is unstable, what causes or triggers oxygen and haemoglobin to combine with each other?

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Iron: Oxygen binds to iron. Rest of the hemoglobin provides the environment for reversible binding. Oxyhemoglobin in not unstable, oxygen binding is reversible.

Answered 11/17/2014

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