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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2006

Tertiary structural analysis of the elongated part of an abnormal hemoglobin, hemoglobin Pakse.

Viroj Wiwanitkit

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Viroj WiwanitkitDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. wviroj@yahoo.com
Chulalongkorn University · TH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemoglobin variants in which a frameshift results in chain elongation are unusual. Hemoglobin Pakse (Hb Pakse) is an unstable hemoglobin with abnormal elongation, first described in Indochina. An alpha2-globin gene termination codon mutation, TAA -->TAT or Term -->Tyr, has been described in the pathogenesis of Hb Pakse. This abnormality causes a frameshift that elongates the alpha chain amino acids. Computer-based protein structure modeling was used in a bioinformatics analysis of the tertiary structure of these elongated amino acid sequences. The elongated part of Hb Pakse showed additional helices, which may cause the main alteration in Hb Pakse. Abnormalities in the fold structure of globin in Hb Pakse were identified, and helices additional to the normal alpha globin chains were shown in the elongated part of Hb Pakse.

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Models, ChemicalModels, MolecularAmino Acid SequenceComputer SimulationHemoglobins, AbnormalMolecular Sequence DataMutationProtein ConformationProtein Structure, SecondarySequence Analysis, Proteinhemoglobin PakseHemoglobins, Abnormal

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PMID17722268
PMCPMC2426768
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