Hemoglobin Thionville. An alpha-chain variant with a substitution of a glutamate for valine at NA-1 and having an acetylated methionine NH2 terminus.
Vasseur, C., Blouquit, Y., Kister, J., Prome, D., Kavanaugh, J.S., Rogers, P.H., Guillemin, C., Arnone, A., Galacteros, F., Poyart, C., Rosa, J., Wajcman, H.(1992) J.Biol.Chem. 267: 12682-12691
- PubMed: 1618774 
- PubMed Abstract: 
In hemoglobin (Hb) Thionville, the substitution of a glutamic acid for the alpha-chain NH2-terminal valine inhibits the cleavage of the initiator methionine which is then acetylated. The elongation of the alpha-chain NH2 terminus modifies the three-d ...