UniProt functional annotation for P02077

UniProt code: P02077.

Organism: Capra hircus (Goat).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Laurasiatheria; Artiodactyla; Ruminantia; Pecora; Bovidae; Caprinae; Capra.
 
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.
Polymorphism: There are at least three alleles. The sequence shown is that of allele A. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:5433580, ECO:0000269|PubMed:5697993, ECO:0000269|PubMed:6026247}.
Similarity: Belongs to the globin family. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE- ProRule:PRU00238}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.