ID HBA_CERAE Reviewed; 142 AA. AC P01926; DT 21-JUL-1986, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 23-JAN-2007, sequence version 2. DT 12-JUN-2007, entry version 49. DE Hemoglobin subunit alpha (Hemoglobin alpha chain) (Alpha-globin). GN Name=HBA; OS Cercopithecus aethiops (Green monkey) (Grivet). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; OC Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; OC Catarrhini; Cercopithecidae; Cercopithecinae; Chlorocebus. OX NCBI_TaxID=9534; RN [1] RP PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 2-142. 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; 1C7C. DR SMR; P01926; 2-142. DR InterPro; IPR002338; Alpha_haem. DR InterPro; IPR000971; Globin. DR InterPro; IPR002339; Pi_haem. DR PANTHER; PTHR11442:SF14; Pi_haem; 1. DR PRINTS; PR00612; ALPHAHAEM. DR PRINTS; PR00815; PIHAEM. DR PROSITE; PS01033; GLOBIN; 1. KW Direct protein sequencing; Heme; Iron; Metal-binding; KW Oxygen transport; Transport. FT INIT_MET 1 1 Removed (By similarity). FT CHAIN 2 142 Hemoglobin subunit alpha. FT /FTId=PRO_0000052594. FT METAL 59 59 Iron (heme distal ligand). FT METAL 88 88 Iron (heme proximal ligand). SQ SEQUENCE 142 AA; 15238 MW; E0E4217128B1FF09 CRC64; MVLSPADKSN VKAAWGKVGG HAGEYGAEAL ERMFLSFPTT KTYFPHFDLS HGSAQVKGHG KKVADALTLA VGHVDDMPHA LSALSDLHAH KLRVDPVNFK LLSHCLLVTL AAHLPAEFTP AVHASLDKFL ASVSTVLTSK YR //