hemoglobin synthesis
Making red pigment
Hemoglobin synthesis is the biological process by which the body produces hemoglobin—the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.
The process occurs primarily in bone marrow and requires iron, amino acids, and various vitamins.
Disorders of hemoglobin synthesis cause conditions like anemia and thalassemia: The patient's hemoglobin synthesis was impaired due to iron deficiency.
- succinyl-CoAThioester in cellular respiration
- globinHeme-binding protein family
- hemeIron-porphyrin complex in blood
- ironElement twenty-six
- mutationsAlterations in genetic sequence
transcription · sickle cell anemia · ferritin · ribosomes · glycine · amino acids · gene expression · crimson · red pigment · protein folding · fetal · enzymes · bilirubin · mitochondria · oxygen · chelation · red blood cell · blood count
- Biosynthesislipogenesis, photosynthesis, mevalonate pathway, shikimate pathway
- Erythropoiesisred blood cell, erythrocyte, EPO, enucleation, globin
- Red Blood CellsRBC, RBCs, red blood cells, red cells, erythrocyte
hemoglobin synthesisanemia
Red cell deficiency
thalassemia · sideroblastic anemia · iron deficiency · lead poisoning · porphyria