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    Hemoglobin. 1992;16(4):267-73.

    Hb Bab-Saadoun or alpha 2 beta (2)48(CD7)Leu----Pro, a mildly unstable variant found in an Arabian boy from Tunisia.

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    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2100.

    Abstract

    Hb Bab-Saadoun which has a Leu----Pro substitution at position 48 of the beta chain was detected in a young Arabian boy living in Tunisia. His parents did not have the variant which suggests that it occurred as a spontaneous mutation. The substitution is located in the interhelical CD segment; leucine at beta 48 is an invariable amino acid that may be important as part of a spacer sequence between the two helices and its replacement by proline may affect the stability of the hemoglobin molecule. Hb Bab-Saadoun is unstable in heat and isopropanol stability tests and its chain was best isolated by parachloromercuribenzoate precipitation. It appears unlikely that the presence of Hb Bab-Saadoun results in a hemolytic anemia.

    PMID:
    1517103
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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