UniProt Accession

 HBA_BOVIN; P01966; A3KN13; Q3SZE0; Q9TTR9; Q9TTS0; Q9TTS1 

Genbank Protein ID

 AJ242797; AJ242798; AJ242799; BC102940; BC133477 

Genbank Nucleotide ID

 CAB56827.1; CAB56828.1; CAB56829.1; AAI02941.1; AAI33478.1 

Protein Name

 Hemoglobin subunit alpha 

Protein Synonyms/Alias

 Alpha-globin; Hemoglobin alpha chain 

Gene Name

 HBA 

Gene Synonyms/Alias

  

Created Date

 July 27, 2013 

Organism

 Bos taurus (Bovine) 

NCBI Taxa ID

 9913 

Lysine Modification

Position	Peptide	Type	References
100	RVDPVNFKLLSHSLL	acetylation	[1]

Reference

 [1] The functional, oxygen-linked chloride binding sites of hemoglobin are contiguous within a channel in the central cavity.
 Ueno H, Manning JM.
 J Protein Chem. 1992 Apr;11(2):177-85. [PMID: 1326985] 

Functional Description

 Involved in oxygen transport from the lung to the various peripheral tissues. 

Sequence Annotation

 METAL 59 59 Iron (heme distal ligand).
 METAL 88 88 Iron (heme proximal ligand).
 MOD_RES 17 17 N6-acetyllysine (By similarity).  

Keyword

 3D-structure; Acetylation; Complete proteome; Direct protein sequencing; Heme; Iron; Metal-binding; Oxygen transport; Polymorphism; Reference proteome; Transport. 

Sequence Source

 UniProt (SWISSPROT/TrEMBL); GenBank; EMBL 

Protein Length

 142 AA 

Protein Sequence

Gene Ontology

 GO:0005833; C:hemoglobin complex; IEA:InterPro.
 GO:0020037; F:heme binding; IEA:InterPro.
 GO:0005506; F:iron ion binding; IEA:InterPro.
 GO:0019825; F:oxygen binding; IEA:InterPro.
 GO:0005344; F:oxygen transporter activity; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. 

Interpro

 IPR000971; Globin.
 IPR009050; Globin-like.
 IPR012292; Globin_dom.
 IPR002338; Haemoglobin_a.
 IPR018331; Haemoglobin_alpha_chain.
 IPR002339; Haemoglobin_pi. 

Pfam

 PF00042; Globin 

SMART

  

PROSITE

 PS01033; GLOBIN 

PRINTS

 PR00612; ALPHAHAEM.
 PR00815; PIHAEM.