Hb Jianghua	beta120(GH3)Lys->Ile

CONTACT		External
HEMATOLOGY		Normal in the heterozygote
ELECTROPHORESIS		Hb X moves faster than Hb A at alkaline pH
CHROMATOGRAPHY		Not reported
STRUCTURE STUDIES		Tryptic digestion of AE-betaX chain; separation of peptides by fingerprinting; amino acid analysis; sequencing
DNA ANALYSES		Not reported; presumed mutation AAA->ATA at codon 120
FUNCTION STUDIES		Not reported
STABILITY		Normal or mildly unstable
OCCURRENCE		Found in members of a Chinese family of the Han ethnic group
OTHER INFORMATION		Quantity in the heterozygote 50.1%

REFERENCES
1.		Lu, Y-Q, Fan, J-L., Liu, J-F., Hu, H-L., Peng, X-H., Huang, C-H., Huang, P-Y., Chen, S-S., Jia, P-C., Yang, K-G., Liang, C-C., Ren, X-D., and Zuo, C-R.: Hemoglobin, 7: 321, 1983.

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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.