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Hemoglobin (Hb) is allosteric. An allosteric protein is protein that has cooperative interactions between binding sites. In Hb the binding of an O2 molecule to one site triggers a conformational change in the molecule that sort of “opens up” other sites, allowing for more O2 to bind. Thus, the binding of one O2 molecule cooperatively allows for the binding of another.
