Hb G-Hsi-Tsou	beta79(EF3)Asp->Gly

CONTACT		External
HEMATOLOGY		Normal in the heterozygote
ELECTROPHORESIS		Hb X and Hb A separate at alkaline pH; Hb X moves between Hb A and Hb S
CHROMATOGRAPHY		Hb X was isolated by DEAE-Sephadex chromatography
STRUCTURE STUDIES		Tryptic digestion; separation of peptides by fingerprinting; amino acid analysis
DNA ANALYSES		Not reported; presumed mutation GAC->GGC at codon 79
FUNCTION STUDIES		Not reported
STABILITY		Not reported
OCCURRENCE		Found in a Chinese family from Hopei Province, PR China
OTHER INFORMATION		Quantity in the heterozygote 46%

REFERENCES
1.		Blackwell, R.Q., Shih, T-B., Wang, C-L., and Liu, C-S.: Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 257:49, 1972.

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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.