title: Salivary enzyme polymorphisms (Set, Sgd and AMY1) in the Galician population.
abstract: The genetic polymorphism of three salivary enzymes (esterase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and amylase) was studied in 580 autochthonous individuals from the Galician population (North-West Spain). The gene frequencies obtained were: SetF = 0.4036, SetS = 0.5964; Sgd1 = 0.7828, Sgd2 = 0.2172; AMY11 = 0.9319, AMY21 = 0.0495, AMY31 = 0.0186. Evidence of genetic intrapopulational heterogeneity was found for Set and Sgd loci. An alternative method for AMY1 typing by means of isoelectric focusing is proposed which allows the use of long-term stored saliva samples.
authors: Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Boán
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Caeiro
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D004950:Esterases / Q000235:genetics*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing / Q000379:methods; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011309:Preservation, Biological; D012463:Saliva / Q000201:enzymology; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000235:genetics*; D013030:Spain; D013048:Specimen Handling; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D004950:Esterases; D000681:Amylases