Structure of PDB 1a4f Chain A

Receptor sequence

>1a4fA (length=141) Species: 8846 (Anser indicus)

VLSAADKTNVKGVFSKISGHAEEYGAETLERMFTAYPQTKTYFPHFDLQH
GSAQIKAHGKKVVAALVEAVNHIDDIAGALSKLSDLHAQKLRVDPVNFKF
LGHCFLVVVAIHHPSALTAEVHASLDKFLCAVGTVLTAKYR

3D structure

• PDB: 1a4f The crystal structure of a high oxygen affinity species of haemoglobin (bar-headed goose haemoglobin in the oxy form).
• Chain: A
• Resolution: 2.0 Å

Interaction with ligand

Site #	Ligand	Ligand chain	Binding residues on receptor (original residue number in PDB)	Binding residues on receptor (residue number reindexed from 1)	Binding affinity
BS01	HEM	A	Y42 F43 H45 F46 H58 K61 H87 L91 V93 N97 F98 L101 L136	Y42 F43 H45 F46 H58 K61 H87 L91 V93 N97 F98 L101 L136

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

• GO:0004601 peroxidase activity
• GO:0005344 oxygen carrier activity
• GO:0005506 iron ion binding
• GO:0019825 oxygen binding
• GO:0020037 heme binding
• GO:0031720 haptoglobin binding
• GO:0043177 organic acid binding
• GO:0046872 metal ion binding

Biological Process

• GO:0015671 oxygen transport
• GO:0042744 hydrogen peroxide catabolic process
• GO:0098869 cellular oxidant detoxification

Cellular Component

• GO:0005833 hemoglobin complex
• GO:0031838 haptoglobin-hemoglobin complex
• GO:0072562 blood microparticle

External links

• PDB: RCSB:1a4f, PDBe:1a4f, PDBj:1a4f
• PDBsum: 1a4f
• PubMed: 8568892
• UniProt: P01990|HBA_ANSIN Hemoglobin subunit alpha-A (Gene Name=HBAA)