Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.3.0)
Predicted to enable several functions, including amyloid-beta binding activity; heme binding activity; and oxygen binding activity. Predicted to contribute to haptoglobin binding activity and peroxidase activity. Involved in response to stilbenoid. Acts upstream of or within erythrocyte development; in utero embryonic development; and response to bacterium. Located in myelin sheath. Part of hemoglobin complex. Is expressed in several structures, including blood vessel; early conceptus; hematopoietic system; liver; and visceral pericardium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Heinz body anemia; alpha thalassemia; familial erythrocytosis 7; and hemoglobin H disease. Orthologous to human HBA1 (hemoglobin subunit alpha 1) and HBA2 (hemoglobin subunit alpha 2).
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