Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.5.0)
Enables oxygen carrier activity. Acts upstream of or within erythrocyte development; oxygen transport; and regulation of eIF2 alpha phosphorylation by heme. Located in myelin sheath. Part of hemoglobin complex. Is expressed in several structures, including aorta-gonad-mesonephros; cardiovascular system; extraembryonic component; hemolymphoid system; and liver. Used to study beta thalassemia. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including acute chest syndrome; congenital hemolytic anemia (multiple); polycythemia (multiple); sickle cell disease (multiple); and thalassemia (multiple). Orthologous to human HBB (hemoglobin subunit beta) and HBD (hemoglobin subunit delta).
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