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Yoshiro Koda1, Mikiko Soejima, Hiroyuki Sato
1Department of Forensic Medicine and Human Genetics, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan.
Background:
Recently, an alpha(1,4)galactosyltransferase gene that is responsible for synthesis of P(k) (Gb3) was isolated. The P individuals who did not express the P(k), P, and P(1) antigens on RBC membranes were shown to lack the P(k) (Gb3) synthase activity because of multiple distinct mutations in the alpha(1,4)galactosyltransferase gene.
Study Design And Methods:
DNA sequences of the P(k) (Gb3) synthase gene in three Japanese individuals with the p phenotype were analyzed.
Results:
One individual was found to be homozygous for an allele containing a three-base deletion of CTTCTTC to CTTC from bases 237 through 243 in the coding region. The other two individuals were found to be homozygous for an allele containing a single cytosine insertion in a cytosine repeat at positions 1026 through 1029, resulting in a reading frame shift.
Conclusion:
The P blood group phenotype is due to several distinct nonfunctional alleles without any predominant allele.
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