ID HBA_CERAE STANDARD; PRT; 141 AA. AC P01926; DT 21-JUL-1986 (Rel. 01, Created) DT 21-JUL-1986 (Rel. 01, Last sequence update) DT 28-FEB-2003 (Rel. 41, Last annotation update) DE Hemoglobin alpha chain. GN HBA. OS Cercopithecus aethiops (Green monkey) (Grivet). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; OC Mammalia; Eutheria; Primates; Catarrhini; Cercopithecidae; OC Cercopithecinae; Cercopithecus. OX NCBI_TaxID=9534; RN [1] RP SEQUENCE. RX MEDLINE=75040050; PubMed=4214754; RA Matsuda G., Maita T., Watanabe B., Araya A., Morokuma K., Goodman M., RA Prychodko W.; RT "The amino acid sequences of the alpha and beta polypeptide chains of RT adult hemoglobin of the savannah monkey (Cereopithecus aethiops)."; RL Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem. 354:1153-1155(1973). CC -!- FUNCTION: Involved in oxygen transport from the lung to the CC various peripheral tissues. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Heterotetramer of two alpha chains and two beta chains. CC -!- TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Red blood cells. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the globin family. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR PIR; A02252; HAMQC. DR HSSP; P01922; 1ABW. DR InterPro; IPR002338; Alpha_haem. DR InterPro; IPR000971; Globin. DR Pfam; PF00042; globin; 1. DR PRINTS; PR00612; ALPHAHAEM. DR PROSITE; PS01033; GLOBIN; 1. KW Heme; Oxygen transport; Transport; Erythrocyte. FT METAL 58 58 IRON (HEME DISTAL LIGAND). FT METAL 87 87 IRON (HEME PROXIMAL LIGAND). SQ SEQUENCE 141 AA; 15106 MW; C1D4210F99A07766 CRC64; VLSPADKSNV KAAWGKVGGH AGEYGAEALE RMFLSFPTTK TYFPHFDLSH GSAQVKGHGK KVADALTLAV GHVDDMPHAL SALSDLHAHK LRVDPVNFKL LSHCLLVTLA AHLPAEFTPA VHASLDKFLA SVSTVLTSKY R //