Hb Petah Tikva alpha110(G17)Ala->Asp
         
CONTACT Internal
HEMATOLOGY Near normal in the heterozygote
ELECTROPHORESIS No separation of Hb X and Hb A at alkaline pH
CHROMATOGRAPHY No separation of Hb X and Hb A by DEAE-cellulose or DEAE-Sephadex chromatography
STRUCTURE STUDIES The alphaX and alphaA chains separate in CM-cellulose chromatography; tryptic and chymotryptic peptides separated by column chromatography; amino acid analysis; sequencing
DNA ANALYSES Not reported; presumed mutation GCC->GAC; alpha2 or alpha1
FUNCTIONAL STUDIES Not reported
STABILITY Unstable
OCCURRENCE Found in a few families of Iraqi Jews
OTHER INFORMATION Found in combination with alpha-thal-1 to give Hb H disease
       
REFERENCES
1. Honig, G.R., Shamsuddin, M., Zaizov, R., Steinherz, M., Solar, I., and Kirschmann, C.: Blood, 57:705, 1981.


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.