AHSP
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: AHSP
- Official Name: alpha hemoglobin stabilizing protein
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 51327
- UniProt: Q9NZD4
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: This gene encodes a molecular chaperone which binds specifically to free alpha-globin and is involved in hemoglobin assembly. The encoded protein binds to monomeric alpha-globin until it has been transferred to beta-globin to form a heterodimer, which in turn binds to another heterodimer to form the stable tetrameric hemoglobin. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2015].
- UniProt Summary: Acts as a chaperone to prevent the harmful aggregation of alpha-hemoglobin during normal erythroid cell development. Specifically protects free alpha-hemoglobin from precipitation. It is predicted to modulate pathological states of alpha-hemoglobin excess such as beta-thalassemia. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12066189}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 13090
- Expression level (log2 read counts): -7.68