Hb Shenyang	alpha26(B7)Ala->Glu

CONTACT		Internal
HEMATOLOGY		Anemia in the heterozygote; some target cells
ELECTROPHORESIS		Hb X moves like Hb J on cellulose acetate and starch gel at alkaline pH
CHROMATOGRAPHY		Not reported
STRUCTURE STUDIES		Tryptic digestion; separation of peptides by fingerprinting; amino acid analysis; sequencing analysis
DNA ANALYSES		Not reported; presumed mutation GCG->GAG; alpha2 or alpha1
FUNCTIONAL STUDIES		Not reported
STABILITY		Slightly unstable
OCCURRENCE		Found in a 23-year-old Chinese male
OTHER INFORMATION		Quantity in the heterozygote 21.5%

REFERENCES
1.		Zeng, Y-T., Huang, S-Z., Zhou, X-D., Qiu, X-K., Dong, Q-Y., Li, M-Y., and Bai, J-H.: Hemoglobin, 6:625, 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.