Hb Beijing	alpha16(A14)Lys->Asn

CONTACT		External
HEMATOLOGY		Normal in the heterozygote
ELECTROPHORESIS		Hb X moves ahead of Hb A at alkaline pH; it moves between Hb A and Hb H, probably at position of Hb J on cellulose acetate (pH 8.6)
CHROMATOGRAPHY		Not reported
STRUCTURE STUDIES		Tryptic digestion; separation of peptides by fingerprinting; amino acid analysis; sequencing of selected peptides
DNA ANALYSES		Not reported; presumed mutation AAG->AAC or AAT; alpha2 or alpha1
FUNCTIONAL STUDIES		Not reported
STABILITY		Normal
OCCURRENCE		Found in a Chinese family
OTHER INFORMATION		Quantity in heterozygotes 19.3%

REFERENCES
1.		Liang, C.C., Chen, S., Yang, K., Jia, P., Ma, Y., Li, T., Ni, X., Wang, X., Deng, Q., and Yao, S.: Hemoglobin, 6:629, 1982.

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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.