Hemoglobin Sphakiá: a delta-chain variant of hemoglobin A2 from Crete.
A new variant of the normal minor component Hb A(2) has been detected in a family that lives in Sphakiá, Crete. Chemical studies of this abnormal hemoglobin, designated Hb A(2) delta Sphakiá, indicates a substitution of the histidyl residue number two of the delta-chain by an arginyl residue.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002845:Chromatography; D004586:Electrophoresis; D006115:Greece; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques
D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal