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Redox properties of human hemoglobin in complex with fractionated dimeric and polymeric human haptoglobin.
Free radical biology & medicine - 1 Apr 2014
Mollan Todd L, Jia Yiping, Banerjee Sambuddha, Wu Gang, Kreulen R Timothy, Tsai Ah-Lim, Olson John S, Crumbliss Alvin L, Alayash Abdu I
Abstract excerpt
Haptoglobin (Hp) is an abundant and conserved plasma glycoprotein, which binds acellular adult hemoglobin (Hb) dimers with high affinity and facilitates their rapid clearance from circulation after hemolysis. Humans possess three main phenotypes of Hp, designated Hp 1-1, Hp 2-1, and Hp 2-2. These variants exhibit diverse structural configurations and have been reported to be functionally nonequivalent. We have...
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