Protein Name alpha hemoglobin stabilizing protein
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 51327
Gene Symbol

AHSP

UniProt Q9NZD4 (AHSP_HUMAN), Q549J4 (Q549J4_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 223
Total Number of Articles : 408
Description

alpha hemoglobin stabilizing protein

Gene Summary

This gene encodes a molecular chaperone which binds specifically to free alpha-globin and is involved in hemoglobin assembly. The encoded protein binds to monomeric alpha-globin until it has been transferred to beta-globin to form a heterodimer, which in turn binds to another heterodimer to form the stable tetrameric hemoglobin. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2015]

synonyms
  • alpha-hemoglobin-stabilizing protein
  • alpha hemoglobin stabilising protein
  • erythroid differentiation associated factor
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Properties