Structural Similarities between Hemoglobins A and F
ARNOLD M. KATZ 1 and
AMOZ I. CHERNOFF 2
1 Laboratory of Cellular Physiology and Metabolism, National Heart Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
2 Memorial Research Center and Hospital, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
A striking similarity has been found between the composition of peptides obtained from tryptic digestion of normal adult hemoglobin (hemoglobin A) and fetal hemoglobin (hemoglobin F).