A New Abnormal Hemoglobin: Hb Mozhaisk β92 (FB)HISARG

Abstract
Hb Mozhaisk .beta.92(F8)His .fwdarw. Arg was found in a Russian boy, living in the Mozhaisk district, near Moscow, USSR. It is an unstable Hb, which has only 2 heme groups/tetramer. Increased O2 affinity of the variant is demonstrated.