[Term]
id: GO:0005833
name: hemoglobin complex
namespace: cellular_component
def: "An iron-containing, oxygen carrying complex. In vertebrates it is made up of two pairs of associated globin polypeptide chains, each chain carrying a noncovalently bound heme prosthetic group." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732]
synonym: "haemoglobin complex" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0032991 ! protein-containing complex