Q.Haemoglobin is a type of -------------- protein, which plays indispensible part in respiration.

Step 1. Conjugated proteins consist of a simple protein united with a non-protein component called the prosthetic group.

Step 2. In haemoglobin, the protein part is globin, and its prosthetic group is the iron-containing pigment haem, which is what actually binds and carries oxygen. …

Recall the definition of a conjugated protein and the textbook's own examp …

• Classing haemoglobin as a 'simple' protein by overlooking its non-protein haem component. …