Oxyhemoglobin
Oxyhemoglobin is formed during respiration when
oxygen binds to the
heme component of the
protein hemoglobin in red blood cells. This process occurs in the
alveoli of the lungs. The oxygen then travels through the blood stream to be dropped off at cells where it is utilized in aerobic
glycolysis and in the production of
ATP by the process of
oxidative phosphorylation.