Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Proteins

Proteins — practice question

Blood tests on people who smoke cigarettes regularly indicate that about $5\%$ of their haemoglobin is carrying carbon monoxide. People who use e-cigarettes inhale a vapour that contains no carbon monoxide. A person who usually smokes cigarettes stops and changes to e-cigarettes, then has a blood test performed after one month. Which chemical in the blood would be present at a lower concentration in this blood test?

  • Acarbaminohaemoglobin
  • Bcarbonic anhydrase
  • Ccarboxyhaemoglobin
  • Dhydrogencarbonate ions

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