ID   HBB_MERMR               Reviewed;         147 AA.
AC   O13078;
DT   01-JUN-2001, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   23-JAN-2007, sequence version 2.
DT   03-AUG-2022, entry version 88.
DE   RecName: Full=Hemoglobin subunit beta;
DE   AltName: Full=Beta-globin;
DE   AltName: Full=Hemoglobin beta chain;
GN   Name=hbb;
OS   Merlangius merlangus (Whiting) (Gadus merlangus).
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
OC   Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Neoteleostei; Acanthomorphata;
OC   Zeiogadaria; Gadariae; Gadiformes; Gadoidei; Gadidae; Merlangius.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=8058;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA].
RC   TISSUE=Blood;
RA   Tipping D.R., Birley A.J.;
RL   Submitted (JUN-1996) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
CC   -!- FUNCTION: Involved in oxygen transport from gills 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   EMBL; X98349; CAA66994.1; -; mRNA.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; O13078; -.
DR   SMR; O13078; -.
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   CDD; cd08925; Hb-beta-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; IPR002337; Hemoglobin_b.
DR   Pfam; PF00042; Globin; 1.
DR   PRINTS; PR00814; BETAHAEM.
DR   SUPFAM; SSF46458; SSF46458; 1.
DR   PROSITE; PS01033; GLOBIN; 1.
PE   2: Evidence at transcript level;
KW   Heme; Iron; Metal-binding; Oxygen transport; Transport.
FT   INIT_MET        1
FT                   /note="Removed"
FT   CHAIN           2..147
FT                   /note="Hemoglobin subunit beta"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000053015"
FT   BINDING         64
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         93
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   147 AA;  16667 MW;  A7260B5191CDA9F4 CRC64;
     MVEWTDDERA IINSIFSTLD YEEIGRKSLC RCLIVYPWTQ RYFGGFGNLY NAETILCNPL
     IAAHGTKILH GLDRALKNMD DIKNTYAELS QLHSDKLHVD PDNFRLLADC LTVVIAAKMG
     TAFTVETQVA WQKFLAVVVS ALGRQYH