Hb F-Emirates Ggamma59(E3)Lys->Glu
         
ELECTROPHORESIS Not reported
IEF Hb FX moves faster than Hb A
CHROMATOGRAPHY Not reported
CHAIN SEPARATION
STRUCTURE STUDIES Tryptic digestion of AE-gammaX chain; separation of peptides by reversed phase HPLC; amino acid analysis (no differentiation made between Glu and Gln)
DNA ANALYSES Not reported; presumed mutation AAA->GAA at codon 59
NOTES Found in an Arabian baby; Hb FX ~37% of total Hb
       
REFERENCES
1. Abbes, S., Fitzgerald, P.A., Varady, E., Girot, R., Pic, P., Blouquit, Y., Ducrocq, R., Drupt, F., and Wajcman, H.: Hemoglobin, 19:173, 1995.


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.