ID   HBB2_DRYME              Reviewed;          10 AA.
AC   P0C0U9;
DT   20-DEC-2005, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   20-DEC-2005, sequence version 1.
DT   11-DEC-2019, entry version 20.
DE   RecName: Full=Hemoglobin subunit beta-2;
DE   AltName: Full=Beta-2-globin;
DE   AltName: Full=Hemoglobin beta-2 chain;
DE   AltName: Full=Hemoglobin beta-II chain;
DE   Flags: Fragment;
OS   Drymarchon melanurus erebennus (Texas indigo snake) (Drymarchon corais
OS   erebennus).
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
OC   Lepidosauria; Squamata; Bifurcata; Unidentata; Episquamata; Toxicofera;
OC   Serpentes; Colubroidea; Colubridae; Colubrinae; Drymarchon.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=358746;
RN   [1]
RP   PROTEIN SEQUENCE.
RX   PubMed=12553727; DOI=10.1515/bc.2002.214;
RA   Stoeckelhuber M., Gorr T., Kleinschmidt T.;
RT   "The primary structure of three hemoglobin chains from the indigo snake
RT   (Drymarchon corais erebennus, Serpentes): first evidence for alphaD chains
RT   and two beta chain types in snakes.";
RL   Biol. Chem. 383:1907-1916(2002).
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:0000305}.
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DR   GO; GO:0046872; F:metal ion binding; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
DR   GO; GO:0005344; F:oxygen carrier activity; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
PE   1: Evidence at protein level;
KW   Direct protein sequencing; Heme; Iron; Metal-binding; Oxygen transport;
KW   Transport.
FT   CHAIN           1..>10
FT                   /note="Hemoglobin subunit beta-2"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000052950"
FT   NON_TER         10
SQ   SEQUENCE   10 AA;  1226 MW;  271C5D3B1B1DC5A3 CRC64;
     VHWSAEEKQL