The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Hemoglobin, alpha 2 across different species:

hemoglobin, alpha 2 (HBA2), hemoglobin, alpha 2 (hba2), hemoglobin, alpha 2 (HBA), hemoglobin, alpha 2 (HBA1)

Other aliases include:

hba5, MGC64542, HBA2, MGC128174, alpha globin

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Hemoglobin, alpha 2:

hemoglobin subunit alpha – alpha globin – alpha-globin – alpha-2 globin – hemoglobin alpha chain – hemoglobin subunit alpha-5 – alpha-T5 – alpha-5-globin – alpha T5 (aa 1-142) – hemoglobin alpha-5 chain – alpha 2 globin – adult alpha D globin – hemoglobin alpha-D chain – hemoglobin subunit alpha-D – globin, alpha 2 – hemoglobin, subunit alpha 2

Hemoglobin, alpha 2 fulfills a number of functions:

heme binding – metal ion binding – oxygen binding – oxygen transporter activity – protein binding

Hemoglobin, alpha 2 is relevant to the following processes:

oxygen transport – transport

Locations for Hemoglobin, alpha 2:

cytosolic small ribosomal subunit – hemoglobin complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology