Protein Name hemoglobin subunit gamma 1
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 3047
Gene Symbol

HBG1

UniProt P69891 (HBG1_HUMAN), D9YZU8 (D9YZU8_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 143
Total Number of Articles : 138
Description

hemoglobin subunit gamma 1

Gene Summary

The gamma globin genes (HBG1 and HBG2) are normally expressed in the fetal liver, spleen and bone marrow. Two gamma chains together with two alpha chains constitute fetal hemoglobin (HbF) which is normally replaced by adult hemoglobin (HbA) at birth. In some beta-thalassemias and related conditions, gamma chain production continues into adulthood. The two types of gamma chains differ at residue 136 where glycine is found in the G-gamma product (HBG2) and alanine is found in the A-gamma product (HBG1). The former is predominant at birth. The order of the genes in the beta-globin cluster is: 5'-epsilon -- gamma-G -- gamma-A -- delta -- beta--3'. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

synonyms
  • hemoglobin subunit gamma-1
  • A-gamma globin
  • fetal hemoglobin F subunit gamma 1
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