Hemoglobin A

Hemoglobin A is the most common human hemoglobin tetramer.

It consists of two alpha chains, and two beta chains.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Hemoglobinopathies". http://sickle.bwh.harvard.edu/hemoglobinopathy.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-06. 

External links

• MeSH Hemoglobin+A

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v • d • e Proteins: hemeproteins Globins Hemoglobin Subunits Alpha locus on 16: α (HBA1, HBA2) · ζ (HBZ) · θ (HBQ1) · μ (HBM) Beta locus on 11: β (HBB) · δ (HBD) · γ (HBG1, HBG2) · ε (HBE1) Tetramers stages of development: HbA (α2β2) · HbA2 (α2δ2) · HbF/Fetal (α2γ2) · HbE Gower 1 (ζ2ε2) · HbE Gower 2 (α2ε2) pathology: HbH (β4) · HbS (α2βS2) · HbC (α2βC2) Compounds Carboxyhemoglobin · Carbaminohemoglobin · Oxyhemoglobin/Deoxyhemoglobin · Sulfhemoglobin Other human Glycosylated hemoglobin · Methemoglobin Nonhuman Chlorocruorin · Erythrocruorin Other human: Myoglobin (Metmyoglobin) · Neuroglobin · Cytoglobin plant: Leghemoglobin Other Cytochrome (Cytochrome b, Cytochrome P450) · Hemocyanin · Methemalbumin

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