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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P69905: Variant p.Ala72Glu

Hemoglobin subunit alpha
Gene: HBA2
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Variant information Variant position: help 72 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Type of variant: help LB/B The variants are classified into three categories: LP/P, LB/B and US.
  • LP/P: likely pathogenic or pathogenic.
  • LB/B: likely benign or benign.
  • US: uncertain significance

Residue change: help From Alanine (A) to Glutamate (E) at position 72 (A72E, p.Ala72Glu). Indicates the amino acid change of the variant. The one-letter and three-letter codes for amino acids used in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot are those adopted by the commission on Biochemical Nomenclature of the IUPAC-IUB.
Physico-chemical properties: help Change from small size and hydrophobic (A) to medium size and acidic (E) The physico-chemical property of the reference and variant residues and the change implicated.
BLOSUM score: help -1 The score within a Blosum matrix for the corresponding wild-type to variant amino acid change. The log-odds score measures the logarithm for the ratio of the likelihood of two amino acids appearing by chance. The Blosum62 substitution matrix is used. This substitution matrix contains scores for all possible exchanges of one amino acid with another:
  • Lowest score: -4 (low probability of substitution).
  • Highest score: 11 (high probability of substitution).
More information can be found on the following page

Variant description: help In J-Habana. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 72 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 142 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help GSAQVKGHGKKVADALTNAV A HVDDMPNALSALSDLHAHKL The residue change on the sequence. Unless the variant is located at the beginning or at the end of the protein sequence, both residues upstream (20) and downstream (20) of the variant will be shown.
Residue conservation: help The multiple alignment of the region surrounding the variant against various orthologous sequences.
Human                         GSAQVKGHGKKVADALTNAVAHVDDMPNALSALSDLHAHKL

Gorilla                       GSAQVKGHGKKVADALTNAVAHVDDMPNALSALSDLHAHKL

                              GSAQVKAHGKKVADALTTAVAHLDDLPGALSALSDLHAYKL

Rhesus macaque                GSAQVKGHGKKVADALTLAVGHVDDMPNALSALSDLHAHKL

Chimpanzee                    GSAQVKGHGKKVADALTNAVAHVDDMPNALSALSDLHAHKL

Mouse                         GSAQVKGHGKKVADALASAAGHLDDLPGALSALSDLHAHKL

Rat                           GSAQVKAHGKKVADALAKAADHVEDLPGALSTLSDLHAHKL

Pig                           GSDQVKAHGQKVADALTKAVGHLDDLPGALSALSDLHAHKL

Bovine                        GSAQVKGHGAKVAAALTKAVEHLDDLPGALSELSDLHAHKL

Rabbit                        GSEQIKAHGKKVSEALTKAVGHLDDLPGALSTLSDLHAHKL

Sheep                         GSAQVKGHGEKVAAALTKAVGHLDDLPGTLSDLSDLHAHKL

Cat                           GSAQVKAHGQKVADALTQAVAHMDDLPTAMSALSDLHAYKL

Horse                         GSAQVKAHGKKVGDALTLAVGHLDDLPGALSNLSDLHAHKL

Chicken                       GSAQIKGHGKKVVAALIEAANHIDDIAGTLSKLSDLHAHKL

Xenopus tropicalis            HSKHILAHGKKVSDALNEACNHLDNIAGCLSKLSDLHAYDL

Zebrafish                     GSGPVKKHGKTIMGAVGEAISKIDDLVGGLAALSELHAFKL

Sequence annotation in neighborhood: help The regions or sites of interest surrounding the variant. In general the features listed are posttranslational modifications, binding sites, enzyme active sites, local secondary structure or other characteristics reported in the cited references. The "Sequence annotation in neighborhood" lines have a fixed format:
  • Type: the type of sequence feature.
  • Positions: endpoints of the sequence feature.
  • Description: contains additional information about the feature.
TypePositionsDescription
Chain 2 – 142 Hemoglobin subunit alpha
Binding site 59 – 59
Binding site 88 – 88 proximal binding residue
Site 57 – 57 Not glycated
Site 61 – 61 Not glycated
Site 91 – 91 Not glycated
Glycosylation 62 – 62 N-linked (Glc) (glycation) lysine
Helix 54 – 72



Literature citations
No reference for the current variant in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
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