Fresh red meat, such as beef, has a red color because of the Fe2+ found in hemoglobin. When cells die, this iron oxidizes to Fe3+, giving the meat a brown color. Sometimes, grocers and butchers suffuse meat with carbon monoxide to make it appear fresher because when CO binds to the heme in hemoglobin, it gives the meat a red color.
A particular genomic caretaker protein, Protein X, has an affinity for both Ligand Y and Ligand Z. When you have 0.23 microM of Protein X in a solution and mix it with 0.11 microM of Ligand Y, the resulting solution contains 0.20 microM of free Protein X, 0.09 microM of free Ligand Y, and 0.02 microM of the protein-ligand complex, after equilibrium has been reached. However, when you have 0.23 microM of Protein X in a solution and mix it with 0.11 microM of Ligand Z, the resulting solution contains 0.14 microM of free Protein X, 0.02 microM of free Ligand Z, and 0.09 microM of the protein-ligand complex, after equilibrium has been reached. Which ligand has a greater affinity for Protein X?
a. Ligand Y
b. Ligands Y and Z have equal affinity for Protein X.
c. Ligand Z
d. It is not possible to determine with the given information.

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the largest database of organic compounds lists about 10 million substances, which include compounds originating from living organisms and those synthesized by chemists. the number of potential organic compounds has been estimated at 1060—an astronomically high number. the existence of so many organic molecules is a consequence of the ability of carbon atoms to form up to four strong bonds to other carbon atoms, resulting in chains and rings of many different sizes, shapes, and complexities. the simplest organic compounds contain only the elements carbon and hydrogen, and are called hydrocarbons. even though they are composed of only two types of atoms, there is a wide variety of hydrocarbons because they may consist of varying lengths of chains, branched chains, and rings of carbon atoms, or combinations of these structures. in addition, hydrocarbons may differ in the types of carbon-carbon bonds present in their molecules. many hydrocarbons are found in plants, animals, and their fossils; other hydrocarbons have been prepared in the laboratory. we use hydrocarbons every day, mainly as fuels, such as natural gas, acetylene, propane, butane, and the principal components of gasoline, diesel fuel, and heating oil. the familiar plastics polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene are also hydrocarbons. we can distinguish several types of hydrocarbons by differences in the bonding between carbon atoms. this leads to differences in geometries and in the hybridization of the carbon orbitals.

it is a good conductor

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