Alignments of human and Fugu α- and β-globin proteins.

The (deduced) amino acid sequences of human (h) and Fugu (f) alpha and beta globins were aligned with the multalin program.21 The alignments are displayed with the aid of the boxshade program to illustrate the classification of theFugu proteins as α- or β-globins. Residues found specifically in α- or β-type globins are shown by color. The consensus line is for all 6 globins: . indicates moderately conserved residue; :, well-conserved residue; *, identical residue in all 6 globins.