title: Leu110Pro substitution in the RhD polypeptide is responsible for the DVII category blood group phenotype.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of the RhD transcripts from the reticulocytes of three unrelated variants with the DVII category blood group phenotype has been determined. Our results indicate that the expression of the low frequency antigen Rh40 and the lack of epD8 at the surface of these variant RhD positive red cells are associated with a single point mutation, T329C, in exon 2 of the RHD gene. This nucleotide polymorphism results in a leucine to proline substitution at amino acid position 110 of the RhD polypeptide.
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM U76, Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rouillac
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Le Van Kim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beolet
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cartron
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Colin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000097:blood / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015870:Gene Expression; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007930:Leucine; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011392:Proline; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System; D011392:Proline; D007930:Leucine