Hb Aichi	alpha50(CE8)His->Arg

CONTACT		External
HEMATOLOGY		Normal in the heterozygote
ELECTROPHORESIS		Hb X and Hb A can best be separated by IEF; Hb X moves slower than Hb A
CHROMATOGRAPHY		Not reported
STRUCTURE STUDIES		Tryptic digestion; separation of peptides by fingerprinting; amino acid analysis
DNA ANALYSES		Not reported; presumed mutation CAC->CGC; alpha2 or alpha1
FUNCTIONAL STUDIES		Normal oxygen affinity
STABILITY		Slightly unstable
OCCURRENCE		Found in a Japanese family
OTHER INFORMATION		Quantity in heterozygotes 21-22%

REFERENCES
1.		Harano, T., Harano, K., Shibata, S., Ueda, S., Mori, H., and Seki, M.: FEBS Lett., 169:297, 1984.

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This material is from the book A Syllabus of Human Hemoglobin Variants (1996) by Titus H.J. Huisman, Marianne F.H. Carver, and Georgi D. Efremov, published by The Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation in Augusta, GA, USA. Copyright © 1996 by Titus H.J. Huisman. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, microfilming and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission.