Go to the tutorial on “Hemoglobin and Heme” by Eric Martz at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Display the model of the heme group. Color it in monochrome. Take a screenshot and paste it here:

In a single hemoglobin molecule, at which amino acid does the first (closest to the N-terminus) alpha helix begin? Display the backbone structure of b-globin, colored in “amino acid” mode. Take a screenshot and paste it here:

Go to the view of the hydrophobic side of the a-helix with the backbone in dark grey, and the R groups colored in CPK. Rotate it to the vertical and display it in stereo. Take a screenshot and paste it here: