Article
Hemoglobin Calais [beta 76 (E20) Ala----Pro]: a hemoglobin variant with decreased intrinsic oxygen affinity.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 14 Nov 1990
Wajcman H, Kister J, Marden M, Bohn B, Blouquit Y, Descamps J, Goudemand M, Poyart C, Galacteros F
Abstract excerpt
Hb Calais [beta 76 (E20) Ala----Pro] is a new human hemoglobin variant displaying a decreased oxygen affinity. The only electrophoretical difference with Hb A was a slightly more acidic isoelectric point. A 2-fold decrease in the oxygen affinity was found by equilibrium measurements performed in a suspension of intact red blood cells and in the lysate. It was confirmed by kinetic studies of the purified abnormal...
Topics
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Female
- Hemoglobins, Abnormal
- Humans
- Isoelectric Point
- Methemoglobin
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Oxygen
