UniProt functional annotation for P01965

UniProt code: P01965.

Organism: Sus scrofa (Pig).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Artiodactyla; Suina; Suidae; Sus.
 
Function: Involved in oxygen transport from the lung to the various peripheral tissues.
 
Subunit: Heterotetramer of two alpha chains and two beta chains.
Tissue specificity: Red blood cells.
Similarity: Belongs to the globin family. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE- ProRule:PRU00238}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.