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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: Biophys Chem. 2007 Feb 16;127(3):181–193. doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2007.02.002

Table 2. ESMS determination of α and β chain molecular weight.

α chaina 15,125 D β chaina 15,867 D α chain modifieda 15,252 Db β chain modifieda 15,992 Dc
Hb A 100 100 — —
NEM-L 88 ± 7 12 ± 16 12 ± 7 88 ± 17
NEM-H 67 ± 8 0 33 ± 11 100
a

Percentage of chain present relative to total.

b

MW = 1 α chain + 1 NEM.

c

MW = 1 β chain + 1 NEM