ID HBA_CEBAP STANDARD; PRT; 141 AA. AC P01928; DT 21-JUL-1986, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 21-JUL-1986, sequence version 1. DT 21-MAR-2006, entry version 40. DE Hemoglobin alpha subunit (Hemoglobin alpha chain) (Alpha-globin). GN Name=HBA; OS Cebus apella (Brown-capped capuchin). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; OC Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Platyrrhini; Cebidae; OC Cebinae; Cebus. OX NCBI_TaxID=9515; RN [1] RP PROTEIN SEQUENCE. RX MEDLINE=75059125; PubMed=4215719; RA Matsuda G., Maita T., Watanabe B., Araya A., Morokuma K., Ota Y., RA Goodman M., Barnabas J., Prychodko W.; RT "The amino acid sequences of the alpha and beta polypeptide chains of RT adult hemoglobin of the capuchin monkey (Cebus apella)."; RL Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem. 354:1513-1516(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; A02254; HAMQA. DR HSSP; P01922; 1IRD. DR SMR; P01928; 1-141. DR InterPro; IPR002338; Alpha_haem. DR InterPro; IPR000971; Globin. DR InterPro; IPR009050; Globin_like. DR InterPro; IPR012292; Globin_related. DR InterPro; IPR002339; Pi_haem. DR Pfam; PF00042; Globin; 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 CHAIN 1 141 Hemoglobin alpha subunit. FT /FTId=PRO_0000052592. FT METAL 58 58 Iron (heme distal ligand). FT METAL 87 87 Iron (heme proximal ligand). SQ SEQUENCE 141 AA; 15124 MW; 617C52684E6CAAC1 CRC64; VLSPADKTNV KTAWGKVGGH AGDYGAEALE RMFLSFPTTK TYFPHFDLSH GSAQVKGHGK KVADALSNAV AHVDDMPNAL SALSDLHAHK LRVDPVNFKL LSHCLLVTLA AHHPADFTPA VHASLDKFLA SVSTVLTSKY R //