HBA1

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Hemoglobin, alpha 1
PDB rendering based on 1a00.
Available structures
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Identifiers
Symbols HBA1 ; CD31; MGC126895; MGC126897; HBA1
External IDs Template:OMIM5 Template:MGI HomoloGene469
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Species Human Mouse
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Hemoglobin, alpha 1, also known as HBA1, is a human gene encoding the hemoglobin protein.

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) 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. Two alpha chains plus two beta chains constitute HbA, which in normal adult life comprises about 97% of the total hemoglobin; alpha chains combine with delta chains to constitute HbA-2, which with HbF (fetal hemoglobin) makes up the remaining 3% of adult hemoglobin. 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.[1]

References

  1. "Entrez Gene: HBA1 hemoglobin, alpha 1".

Further reading

  • Schillirò G, Russo-Mancuso G, Dibenedetto SP; et al. (1992). "Six rare hemoglobin variants found in Sicily". Hemoglobin. 15 (5): 431–7. PMID 1802885.
  • Higgs DR, Vickers MA, Wilkie AO; et al. (1989). "A review of the molecular genetics of the human alpha-globin gene cluster". Blood. 73 (5): 1081–104. PMID 2649166.
  • Giardina B, Messana I, Scatena R, Castagnola M (1995). "The multiple functions of hemoglobin". Crit. Rev. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 30 (3): 165–96. PMID 7555018.
  • Yalçin A, Avcu F, Beyan C; et al. (1995). "A case of HB J-Meerut (or Hb J-Birmingham) [alpha 120(H3)Ala-->Glu]". Hemoglobin. 18 (6): 433–5. PMID 7713747.
  • Turbpaiboon C, Svasti S, Sawangareetakul P; et al. (2002). "Hb Siam [alpha15(A13)Gly-->Arg (alpha1) (GGT-->CGT)] is a typical alpha chain hemoglobinopathy without an alpha-thalassemic effect". Hemoglobin. 26 (1): 77–81. PMID 11939517.

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