A novel HLA allele, DRB1*1609, identified in the Chinese Han population*
1The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiang Su Province, P.R. China.
Abstract:
A novel human leucocyte antigen-DRB1*16 (HLA-DRB1*16) allele (DRB1*1609) has been identified by sequencing-based typing (SBT) in Chinese Han population. This new allele has identical nucleotide sequence to DRB1*160101 in exon 2, except for a single-nucleotide substitution from A to T at position 127. This change leads to an amino acid change from tyrosine to phenylalanin at residue 47 (Y47F). SBT was performed for cloned DRB1*16-specific polymerase chain reaction fragment. The serological phenotype of DRB1*1609 is equivalent to DR16 antigen.
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