ID   HBA_EUDCH               Reviewed;         141 AA.
AC   P10057;
DT   01-JUL-1989, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   01-JUL-1989, sequence version 1.
DT   03-AUG-2022, entry version 87.
DE   RecName: Full=Hemoglobin subunit alpha;
DE   AltName: Full=Alpha-globin;
DE   AltName: Full=Hemoglobin alpha chain;
GN   Name=HBA;
OS   Eudyptes chrysocome (Western rockhopper penguin) (Aptenodytes chrysocome).
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
OC   Archelosauria; Archosauria; Dinosauria; Saurischia; Theropoda;
OC   Coelurosauria; Aves; Neognathae; Sphenisciformes; Spheniscidae; Eudyptes.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=79626;
RN   [1]
RP   PROTEIN SEQUENCE.
RX   PubMed=3202958; DOI=10.1515/bchm3.1988.369.1.513;
RA   Huber K., Braunitzer G., Schneeganss D., Kosters J., Grimm F.;
RT   "The primary structure of the hemoglobin of the Rock-Hopper penguin
RT   (Eudyptes crestatus, Sphenisciformes).";
RL   Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler 369:513-519(1988).
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; S00822; HAPNR.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; P10057; -.
DR   SMR; P10057; -.
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   CHAIN           1..141
FT                   /note="Hemoglobin subunit alpha"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000052633"
FT   BINDING         58
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         87
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   141 AA;  15471 MW;  619B360B2F269188 CRC64;
     VLSANDKSNV KGVFSKISSH AEEYGAETLE RMFTTYPQTK TYFPHFDLHH GSAQVKAHGK
     KVATALMEAA NHIDDIAGAL SKLSDLHAQK LRVDPVNFKL LGQCFLVVMA IHHPSALTPE
     VHASLDKFLC AVGNVLTSKY R