Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables hemoglobin alpha binding activity. Predicted to be involved in hydrogen peroxide catabolic process. Part of hemoglobin complex. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in delta beta-thalassemia and sickle cell anemia. Orthologous to human HBG1 (hemoglobin subunit gamma 1) and HBG2 (hemoglobin subunit gamma 2).