hemoglobin epsilon chain (epsilon globin, HBE1, HBE)

Function

• beta-type chain of early mammalian embryonic hemoglobin
• in early embryonic hemoglobin Gower-2
• 2 zeta chains & two epsilon chains in early embryonic hemoglobin Gower-1

Structure

belongs to the globin family

Expression

erythrocyte

More general terms

• globin chain

Component of

• hemoglobin Gower-1
• hemoglobin Gower-2

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P02100.html
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:3046
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/142100
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=3046