ID   Q28744_SHEEP            Unreviewed;       142 AA.
AC   Q28744;
DT   01-NOV-1996, integrated into UniProtKB/TrEMBL.
DT   01-NOV-1996, sequence version 1.
DT   27-MAR-2024, entry version 96.
DE   SubName: Full=Alpha globin chain {ECO:0000313|EMBL:CAA49750.1};
OS   Ovis aries (Sheep).
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia;
OC   Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Artiodactyla; Ruminantia; Pecora; Bovidae;
OC   Caprinae; Ovis.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=9940 {ECO:0000313|EMBL:CAA49750.1};
RN   [1] {ECO:0000313|EMBL:CAA49750.1}
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE.
RC   TISSUE=Blood {ECO:0000313|EMBL:CAA49750.1};
RX   PubMed=7769611; DOI=10.1007/BF00164020;
RA   Ristaldi M.S., Casula S., Rando A., Vestri R.;
RT   "Sheep alpha-globin gene sequences: implications for their concerted
RT   evolution and for the down-regulation of the 3' genes.";
RL   J. Mol. Evol. 40:349-353(1995).
CC   -!- FUNCTION: Involved in oxygen transport from the lung to the various
CC       peripheral tissues. {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00003705}.
CC   -!- SUBUNIT: Heterotetramer of two alpha chains and two beta chains.
CC       {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00011125}.
CC   -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the globin family.
CC       {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00008705, ECO:0000256|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00238,
CC       ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU000356}.
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DR   EMBL; X70213; CAA49750.1; -; Genomic_DNA.
DR   PIR; B90237; HASH.
DR   PIR; S31852; S31852.
DR   AlphaFoldDB; Q28744; -.
DR   SMR; Q28744; -.
DR   GO; GO:0005833; C:hemoglobin complex; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0020037; F:heme binding; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0005506; F:iron ion binding; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0019825; F:oxygen binding; IEA:InterPro.
DR   GO; GO:0005344; F:oxygen carrier activity; IEA:UniProtKB-KW.
DR   CDD; cd08927; Hb-alpha-like; 1.
DR   Gene3D; 1.10.490.10; Globins; 1.
DR   InterPro; IPR000971; Globin.
DR   InterPro; IPR009050; Globin-like_sf.
DR   InterPro; IPR012292; Globin/Proto.
DR   InterPro; IPR002338; Hemoglobin_a-typ.
DR   InterPro; IPR002339; Hemoglobin_pi.
DR   PANTHER; PTHR11442; HEMOGLOBIN FAMILY MEMBER; 1.
DR   PANTHER; PTHR11442:SF48; HEMOGLOBIN SUBUNIT ALPHA; 1.
DR   Pfam; PF00042; Globin; 1.
DR   PRINTS; PR00612; ALPHAHAEM.
DR   PRINTS; PR00815; PIHAEM.
DR   SUPFAM; SSF46458; Globin-like; 1.
DR   PROSITE; PS01033; GLOBIN; 1.
PE   3: Inferred from homology;
KW   Heme {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00022617, ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU000356};
KW   Iron {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00023004};
KW   Metal-binding {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00022723};
KW   Oxygen transport {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00022621,
KW   ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU000356};
KW   Transport {ECO:0000256|ARBA:ARBA00022448, ECO:0000256|RuleBase:RU000356}.
FT   DOMAIN          3..142
FT                   /note="Globin family profile"
FT                   /evidence="ECO:0000259|PROSITE:PS01033"
SQ   SEQUENCE   142 AA;  15236 MW;  05ECF84DE9E871E3 CRC64;
     MVLSAADKSN VKAAWDKVGG NAGAYGAEAL ERMFLSFPTT KTYFPHFDLS HGSAQVKGHG
     EKVAAALTKA VGHLDDLPGT LSDLSDLHAH KLRVDPVNFK LLSHTLLVTL ACHLPNDFTP
     AVHASLDKFL ANVSTVLTSK YR
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