title: Red-cell enzyme polymorphisms in Ibiza (Balearic Islands, Spain).
abstract: A sample of 390 individuals from Ibiza (Balearic islands, Spain) was studied for the red-cell enzyme polymorphisms: esterase D (ESD), acid phosphatase 1 (ACP1), glyoxalase I (GLO), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (PGD), phosphoglucomutase 1 (PGM1) and adenylate kinase 1 (AK1). The following allele frequencies were observed: ESD*2 = 0.181; ACP*A = 0.249; ACP*B = 0.719; ACP*C = 0.032; GLO*2 = 0.556; PGD*C = 0.018; PGM1*2 = 0.235, and AK1*2 = 0.032. These results were compared with those reported from other Balearic populations. There was a heterogeneity between island samples in the ESD and PGD systems. In spite of this, the whole Balearic population could be differentiated from most European and circum-Mediterranean populations.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Cencias, UIB, Palma de Mallorca, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miguel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Petitpierre
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D000263:Adenylate Kinase / Q000235:genetics; D043182:Carboxylesterase; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D007791:Lactoylglutathione Lyase / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase / Q000235:genetics; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase; D000263:Adenylate Kinase; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; D043182:Carboxylesterase; C020118:ESD protein, human; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D007791:Lactoylglutathione Lyase; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase