Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.3.0)
Predicted to enable heme binding activity and oxygen carrier activity. Predicted to be involved in erythrocyte development and oxygen transport. Predicted to be part of haptoglobin-hemoglobin complex and hemoglobin complex. Is expressed in several structures, including early conceptus; hematopoietic system; liver; metanephros; 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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