Hemoglobin subunit alpha

HBA1
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesHBA1, HBA-T3, HBH, hemoglobin subunit alpha 1, METHBA, ECYT7
External IDsOMIM: 141800; MGI: 96015; HomoloGene: 469; GeneCards: HBA1; OMA:HBA1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000558

NM_008218

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000508
NP_000508.1
NP_000549.1

NP_001077424

Location (UCSC)Chr 16: 0.18 – 0.18 MbChr 11: 32.23 – 32.23 Mb
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Hemoglobin subunit alpha, Hemoglobin, alpha 1,[5] is a hemoglobin protein that in humans is encoded by the HBA1 gene.[6]

Gene

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The human alpha globin gene cluster located on chromosome 16 spans about 30 kb and includes seven loci: 5'- zeta - pseudozeta - mu - pseudoalpha-1 - alpha-2 - alpha-1 - theta - 3'. The alpha-2 (HBA2) and alpha-1 (HBA1; this gene) coding sequences are identical. These genes differ slightly over the 5' untranslated regions and the introns, but they differ significantly over the 3' untranslated regions.[6]

Protein

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Two alpha chains plus two beta chains constitute HbA, which in normal adult life accounts for about 97% of the total hemoglobin; alpha chains combine with delta chains to constitute HbA-2, which with fetal hemoglobin (HbF), composed of alpha and gamma chains, make up the remaining 3% of adult hemoglobin.[6]

Clinical significance

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Alpha thalassemias result from deletions of each of the alpha genes as well as deletions of both HBA2 and HBA1; some nondeletion alpha thalassemias have also been reported.[6]

Interactions

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Hemoglobin subunit alpha has been shown to interact with hemoglobin subunit beta (HBB).[7][8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000206172Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000069919Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ "HBA1 gene: MedlinePlus Genetics".
  6. ^ a b c d "Entrez Gene: HBA1 hemoglobin, alpha 1".
  7. ^ Stelzl U, Worm U, Lalowski M, Haenig C, Brembeck FH, Goehler H, Stroedicke M, Zenkner M, Schoenherr A, Koeppen S, Timm J, Mintzlaff S, Abraham C, Bock N, Kietzmann S, Goedde A, Toksöz E, Droege A, Krobitsch S, Korn B, Birchmeier W, Lehrach H, Wanker EE (September 2005). "A human protein-protein interaction network: a resource for annotating the proteome". Cell. 122 (6): 957–68. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2005.08.029. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-0010-8592-0. PMID 16169070. S2CID 8235923.
  8. ^ Shaanan B (November 1983). "Structure of human oxyhaemoglobin at 2.1 A resolution". J. Mol. Biol. 171 (1): 31–59. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(83)80313-1. PMID 6644819.

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