Hemoglobin (beta)

This piece pairs with alpha to make full hemoglobin. One tiny gene change in beta causes sickle cell disease.

Fun fact

Sickle cell came from a swap of just one amino acid out of about 146.

Words to know

gene
amino acid
mutation

NGSS alignment

MS-LS3-1Structure & function of proteins
MS-LS3-2Genetic variation

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P68871. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P68871.

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