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Hbb - hemoglobin subunit beta Gene

Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID: 24440 | Gene type: protein coding

About Hbb

Summary

Enables Hemoglobin alpha binding activity and Hemoglobin beta binding activity. Contributes to oxygen binding activity. Involved in glutathione metabolic process and oxygen transport. Part of Hemoglobin complex. Biomarker of anemia. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in acute chest syndrome; hemolytic anemia (multiple); malaria; polycythemia (multiple); and sickle cell anemia. Orthologous to several human genes including HBB (Hemoglobin subunit beta). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

Hbb Products(1)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_033234.1 NP_150237.1 hemoglobin subunit beta-1
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

hemoglobin subunit beta-1

III beta-1 globin

III beta-2 globin

beta-1-globin

hemoglobin beta chain complex

hemoglobin beta chain, major-form

hemoglobin beta-1 chain

hemoglobin, beta

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Homo sapiens Hbb NCBI NCBI:3043
Mus musculus Hbb NCBI NCBI:15127