ID   HBA_AMBME               Reviewed;         143 AA.
AC   P02015;
DT   21-JUL-1986, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   23-JAN-2007, sequence version 2.
DT   03-AUG-2022, entry version 91.
DE   RecName: Full=Hemoglobin subunit alpha;
DE   AltName: Full=Alpha-globin;
DE   AltName: Full=Hemoglobin alpha chain;
GN   Name=HBA;
OS   Ambystoma mexicanum (Axolotl).
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Amphibia;
OC   Batrachia; Caudata; Salamandroidea; Ambystomatidae; Ambystoma.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=8296;
RN   [1]
RP   PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 2-143.
RX   PubMed=7358052; DOI=10.1111/j.1432-1033.1980.tb05986.x;
RA   Boissel J.-P., Wajcman H., Labie D.;
RT   "Hemoglobins of an amphibia, the neotenous Ambystoma mexicanum. Complete
RT   amino-acid sequence of the alpha chain of the major component using
RT   automatic solid-phase Edman degradation.";
RL   Eur. J. Biochem. 103:613-621(1980).
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; A02344; HAXM.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; P02015; -.
DR   SMR; P02015; -.
DR   PRIDE; P02015; -.
DR   GO; GO:0005833; C:hemoglobin complex; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0020037; F:heme binding; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0046872; F:metal ion binding; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
DR   GO; GO:0019825; F:oxygen binding; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0005344; F:oxygen carrier activity; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
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   Pfam; PF00042; Globin; 1.
DR   PRINTS; PR00612; ALPHAHAEM.
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..143
FT                   /note="Hemoglobin subunit alpha"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000052543"
FT   BINDING         60
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         89
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   143 AA;  16031 MW;  20721A82C69B8676 CRC64;
     MFKLSGEDKA NVKAVWDHVK GHEDAFGHEA LGRMFTGIEQ THTYFPDKDL NEGSFALHSH
     GKKVMGALSN AVAHIDDLEA TLVKLSDKHA HDLMVDPAEF PRLAEDILVV LGFHLPAKFT
     YAVQCSIDKF LHVTMRLCIS KYR