ID   HBA_ALLMI               Reviewed;         142 AA.
AC   P01999;
DT   21-JUL-1986, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   23-JAN-2007, sequence version 2.
DT   03-AUG-2022, entry version 99.
DE   RecName: Full=Hemoglobin subunit alpha;
DE   AltName: Full=Alpha-globin;
DE   AltName: Full=Hemoglobin alpha chain;
GN   Name=HBA;
OS   Alligator mississippiensis (American alligator).
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
OC   Archelosauria; Archosauria; Crocodylia; Alligatoridae; Alligatorinae;
OC   Alligator.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=8496;
RN   [1]
RP   PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 2-142.
RX   PubMed=6286445;
RA   Leclercq F., Schnek A.G., Braunitzer G., Stangl A., Schrank B.;
RT   "Direct reciprocal allosteric interaction of oxygen and hydrogen carbonate
RT   sequence of the haemoglobins of the Caiman (Caiman crocodylus), the Nile
RT   crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) and the Mississippi crocodile (Alligator
RT   mississippiensis).";
RL   Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem. 362:1151-1158(1981).
CC   -!- FUNCTION: Involved in oxygen transport from the lung to the various
CC       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. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE-
CC       ProRule:PRU00238}.
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DR   PIR; A02320; HAAQ.
DR   RefSeq; XP_006261904.1; XM_006261842.3.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; P01999; -.
DR   SMR; P01999; -.
DR   STRING; 8496.XP_006261904.1; -.
DR   GeneID; 102559387; -.
DR   KEGG; amj:102559387; -.
DR   eggNOG; KOG3378; Eukaryota.
DR   OrthoDB; 1398217at2759; -.
DR   PhylomeDB; P01999; -.
DR   GO; GO:0005833; C:hemoglobin complex; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0020037; F:heme binding; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0005506; F:iron ion binding; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0019825; F:oxygen binding; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0005344; F:oxygen carrier activity; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
DR   CDD; cd08927; Hb-alpha-like; 1.
DR   Gene3D; 1.10.490.10; -; 1.
DR   InterPro; IPR000971; Globin.
DR   InterPro; IPR009050; Globin-like_sf.
DR   InterPro; IPR012292; Globin/Proto.
DR   InterPro; IPR002338; Hemoglobin_a-typ.
DR   InterPro; IPR002339; Hemoglobin_pi.
DR   Pfam; PF00042; Globin; 1.
DR   PRINTS; PR00612; ALPHAHAEM.
DR   PRINTS; PR00815; PIHAEM.
DR   SUPFAM; SSF46458; SSF46458; 1.
DR   PROSITE; PS01033; GLOBIN; 1.
PE   1: Evidence at protein level;
KW   Direct protein sequencing; Heme; Iron; Metal-binding; Oxygen transport;
KW   Transport.
FT   INIT_MET        1
FT                   /note="Removed"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000250"
FT   CHAIN           2..142
FT                   /note="Hemoglobin subunit alpha"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000052542"
FT   BINDING         59
FT                   /ligand="heme b"
FT                   /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:60344"
FT                   /ligand_part="Fe"
FT                   /ligand_part_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:18248"
FT                   /note="distal binding residue"
FT   BINDING         88
FT                   /ligand="heme b"
FT                   /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:60344"
FT                   /ligand_part="Fe"
FT                   /ligand_part_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:18248"
FT                   /note="proximal binding residue"
SQ   SEQUENCE   142 AA;  15865 MW;  D5995EF90A6B45E9 CRC64;
     MVLSMEDKSN VKAIWGKASG HLEEYGAEAL ERMFCAYPQT KIYFPHFDMS HNSAQIRAHG
     KKVFSALHEA VNHIDDLPGA LCRLSELHAH SLRVDPVNFK FLAHCVLVVF AIHHPSALSP
     EIHASLDKFL CAVSAVLTSK YR