Hemoglobin freely dissociates into aß dimers.
These are bound by haptoglobin with subsequent removal of the hemoglobin-haptoglobin complex by hepatic parenchymal cells.
Hemoglobin in excess of the haptoglobin-binding capacity circulates as the unbound (free) protein. In this form, it is partially removed by hepatic cells, but it may also follow two other pathways: It may be excreted by the kidney or oxidized to methemoglobin, from which heme is easily dissociated.
Heme is initially bound to hemopexin, which transports it to the hepatic parenchymal cell. Heme may also be bound nonspecifically by albumin, forming methemalbumin. This complex probably transfers its heme to hemopexin as the latter becomes available.
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