title: Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) polymorphism among ethnic groups in Singapore with report of additional alleles at loci 1 and 2.
abstract: Glutathione S-transferases (GST; E.C.2.5.1.18) were phenotyped by starch gel electrophoresis in post-mortem liver samples from 683 unrelated subjects of both sexes. 305 were Chinese, 185 Indians, 147 Malays and 46 from other racial groups of South-East Asia. GST1 and GST2 were found to be polymorphic in these populations. Additional alleles (GST1*3 and GST2*O) were observed at low frequency in all the ethnic groups. The frequency of GST1*1 was lower and that of GST1*2 was higher in Indians and Malays as compared to Chinese. GST1*0 and GST1*3 frequencies were similar in all these ethnic groups. The gene frequencies of the alleles of the GST2 locus varied significantly in the population studied. GST2*0 frequency was significantly higher in Indians than in Chinese and Malays, while the lowest frequency of GST2*1 was found in the Indians. GST2*2 frequency was higher in the Malays than in Chinese and Indians. GST1 and GST2 phenotype distributions were in agreement with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in all the ethnic groups studied. Sex made no significant difference in the phenotype distribution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Wee
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008296:Malaysia / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012846:Singapore
chemical_list: D005982:Glutathione Transferase