alpha globin meaning

[Medicine]
The protein constituents of hemoglobin.The term is used for proteins attached to iron-porphyrin molecules such as hemoglobin and MYOGLOBIN proteins.

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1. Deletion of four alpha globin genes is not compatible with life.
2. This gene is highly conserved in vertebrates which is upstream from the alpha globin gene cluster.
3. Usually there are four genes that code for alpha globin and two genes that code for beta globin.
4. "' Hemoglobin J "'is an abnormal hemoglobin, an alpha globin gene variant and present in various geographic locations.
5. With most of these variants are mutations in the alpha globin gene that result in an abnormally long alpha chain and an unstable hemoglobin molecules.