UniProt functional annotation for P0CH25

UniProt code: P0CH25.

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. {ECO:0000250}.
 
Subunit: Heterotetramer of two alpha chains and two beta chains. {ECO:0000250}.
Miscellaneous: Adult goat and other mammalian species produce unequal amounts of alpha-globin from non-allelic loci.
Similarity: Belongs to the globin family. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE- ProRule:PRU00238}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.