Recombinant Human Hemoglobin subunit alpha protein (ab158638)
Key features and details
- Expression system: Wheat germ
- Tags: GST tag N-Terminus
- Suitable for: WB, ELISA
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Product name
Recombinant Human Hemoglobin subunit alpha protein
See all Hemoglobin subunit alpha proteins and peptides -
Expression system
Wheat germ -
Protein length
Full length protein -
Animal free
No -
Nature
Recombinant -
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Species
Human -
Sequence
MVLSPADKTNVKAAWGKVGAHAGEYGAEALERMFLSFPTTKTYFPHFDLS HGSAQVKGHGKKVADALTNAVAHVDDMPNALSALSDLHAHKLRVDPVNFK LLSHCLLVTLAAHLPAEFTPAVHASLDKFLASVSTVLTSKYR -
Amino acids
1 to 142 -
Tags
GST tag N-Terminus
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Preparation and Storage
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Alternative names
- Alpha 1 globin
- Alpha globin
- Alpha one globin
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Function
Involved in oxygen transport from the lung to the various peripheral tissues. -
Tissue specificity
Red blood cells. -
Involvement in disease
Heinz body anemias
Alpha-thalassemia
Alpha(0)-thalassemia is associated with non-immune hydrops fetalis, a generalized edema of the fetus with fluid accumulation in the body cavities due to non-immune causes. Non-immune hydrops fetalis is not a diagnosis in itself but a symptom, a feature of many genetic disorders, and the end-stage of a wide variety of disorders.
Hemoglobin H disease -
Sequence similarities
Belongs to the globin family. -
Post-translational
modificationsThe initiator Met is not cleaved in variant Thionville and is acetylated. - Information by UniProt