Hb F-Meinohama	Ggamma5(A2)Glu->Gly

ELECTROPHORESIS		Hb FX moves slower than Hb A
IEF		No information
CHROMATOGRAPHY		No information
CHAIN SEPARATION		No information
STRUCTURE STUDIES		Tryptic digestion; separation of peptides by fingerprinting; amino acid analysis; sequencing
DNA ANALYSES		Not reported; presumed mutation GAG->GGG at codon 5
NOTES		Found in a newborn from Fukuoka, Japan; Hb FX 10% of total Hb (starch block electrophoresis)

REFERENCES
1.		Ohta, Y., Saito, S., Fujita, S., Wilson, J.B., Lam, H., and Huisman, T.H.J.: Hemoglobin, 5:565, 1981.

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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.