ID   HBA4_BUBBU              Reviewed;         142 AA.
AC   Q9XSK1;
DT   03-APR-2002, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   23-JAN-2007, sequence version 3.
DT   03-AUG-2022, entry version 97.
DE   RecName: Full=Hemoglobin subunit alpha-4;
DE   AltName: Full=Alpha-4-globin;
DE   AltName: Full=Hemoglobin alpha-4 chain;
DE   AltName: Full=IIalpha4;
OS   Bubalus bubalis (Domestic water buffalo).
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia;
OC   Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Artiodactyla; Ruminantia; Pecora; Bovidae;
OC   Bovinae; Bubalus.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=89462;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA].
RC   STRAIN=Italy;
RX   PubMed=11563698; DOI=10.1023/a:1011027924391;
RA   Ferranti P., Facchiano A., Zappacosta F., Vincenti D., Rullo R., Masala B.,
RA   Di Luccia A.;
RT   "Primary structure of alpha-globin chains from river buffalo (Bubalus
RT   bubalis L.) hemoglobins.";
RL   J. Protein Chem. 20:171-179(2001).
CC   -!- FUNCTION: Involved in oxygen transport from the lung 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; AJ242734; CAB43765.1; -; Genomic_DNA.
DR   PIR; A58794; A58794.
DR   RefSeq; XP_006050021.1; XM_006049959.1.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; Q9XSK1; -.
DR   SMR; Q9XSK1; -.
DR   GeneID; 102398439; -.
DR   KEGG; bbub:102398439; -.
DR   CTD; 3039; -.
DR   OrthoDB; 1398217at2759; -.
DR   GO; GO:0005833; C:hemoglobin complex; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0020037; F:heme binding; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0005506; F:iron ion binding; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0019825; F:oxygen binding; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0005344; F:oxygen carrier activity; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
DR   CDD; cd08927; Hb-alpha-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; IPR002338; Hemoglobin_a-typ.
DR   InterPro; IPR002339; Hemoglobin_pi.
DR   Pfam; PF00042; Globin; 1.
DR   PRINTS; PR00612; ALPHAHAEM.
DR   PRINTS; PR00815; PIHAEM.
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   CHAIN           1..142
FT                   /note="Hemoglobin subunit alpha-4"
FT                   /id="PRO_0000052574"
FT   BINDING         59
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                   /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00238"
FT   BINDING         88
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"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00238"
SQ   SEQUENCE   142 AA;  15171 MW;  99F24F6E285C758F CRC64;
     MVLSAADKSN VKAAWGKVGG HAADYGAEAL ERMFLSFPTT KTYFPHFDLS HGSAQVKGHG
     AKVANALTKA VGHLDDLPGA LSELSDLHAH KLRVDPVNFK LLSHSLLVTL ASHLPNDFTP
     AVHASLDKFL ASVSTVLTSK YR