medium · MCAT bio-biochem
The Bohr effect specifically describes the rightward shift of the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve.
Which equation correctly illustrates the chemical basis for the 'acid' component of this shift?
- Henderson-Hasselbalch: pH = pK_a + log left( frac[A^-][HA] right)
- Simple hydration: CO_2 + H_2O rightleftharpoons H_2CO_3 alone
- Ideal gas law relating pressure, volume, and temperature: PV = nRT; unrelated here
- Hb · O_2 + H^+ rightleftharpoons Hb · H^+ + O_2
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