Effect of NH2-terminal truncation mutants of cdb3 on Hb-O2 equilibrium. (A) Hb-oxygen dissociation curves were measured for Hb alone (a), or Hb in the presence of wild-type cdb3 (b), del(1-50) (c), del(1-40) (d), del(1-31) (e), del(1-23) (f), or del(12-23) (g). (B) Graphic comparison of P50 values in the presence and absence of the above truncation mutants (error bars represent 1 SD).