Abstract
Giant extracellular hemoglobin of the annelid Glossoscolex paulistus (HbGp) presents a minimum molecular mass of 3.1 MDa, and is organized as an oligomeric protein displaying a hexagonal bilayer. It consists of 144 globin, heme-containing, chains and 36 non-heme chains (linkers), presenting a high cooperativity of oxygen binding, a high oligomeric stability and a significant capacity of r…