[Haptoglobin phenotypes and serum enzyme activity]

Haptoglobin (Hp) phenotypes were determined by thin-layer polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in 2071 normal Russians, Tatars, and Bashkirs. Hp phenotype distribution was found similar in these populations, making up 13.4% for Hp 1-1, 48% for Hp 1-2, 38.6% for Hp 2-2. Hp1 gene incidence (0.37) was characteristic of the European populations. Serum alkaline phosphatase and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activities were similar in all the three Hp phenotypes. Alanine and aspartate aminotransferases and acid phosphatase activities were higher in Hp 1-1 phenotype by 25, 15, and 15 percent, respectively.