HBM

hemoglobin subunit mu

Summary

The human alpha globin gene cluster located on chromosome 16 spans about 30 kb and includes seven loci: 5'- zeta - pseudozeta - mu - pseudoalpha-1 - alpha-2 - alpha-1 - theta - 3'. This gene has an ORF encoding a 141 aa polypeptide which is similar to the delta globins found in reptiles and birds. This locus was originally described as a pseudogene; however, it is currently thought to be a protein-coding gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants11 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs719464916:215,106C/Acoding sequence variant
rs148584315716:216,052G/Auncertain significance
rs56588945916:216,057G/Auncertain significance
rs53648881216:216,058A/Guncertain significance
rs14832303516:216,090T/Csplice region variant
rs250542138416:216,271T/Cuncertain significance
rs125436829116:216,344G/Cuncertain significance
rs20099528516:216,367G/Tmissense variant
rs147776956716:216,451G/Tuncertain significance
rs14149460516:216,593T/Csynonymous variant
rs75000343516:216,623G/Cuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.