Mecanismo molecular de la estabilización mediada por AHSP de la alfa-hemoglobina

Liang Feng1, David A Gell, Suiping Zhou

  • 1Department of Molecular Biology, Lewis Thomas Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.

Cell
|November 20, 2004
PubMed
Resumen

La proteína estabilizadora de la alfa-hemoglobina (AHSP) previene la precipitación inestable de la alfa-hemoglobina libre (alphaHb), un factor clave en la talasemia beta. La unión de AHSP estabiliza el alfaHb facilitando su conversión a una forma no reactiva.

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