title: [Sequence analysis of HLA-B*4061 allele newly found].
abstract: The aim of this study was aimed to investigate the molecular genetic basis for a novel HLA allele, HLA-B*4061, in Chinese population. DNA was extracted from whole blood by salting-out method. The HLA-B exons 1 - 8 of the proband was amplified and the amplified product was cloned using TOPO TA cloning sequencing kit to split the two alleles apart. Both strands of exons 2, 3 and 4 of chosen colonies were sequencing. The PCR-SSP was performed to confirm the mutations detected by sequencing. The sequencing results showed HLA-B alleles of the proband as B*4601 and the novel allele. The sequences of the novel allele have been submitted to GenBank (DQ089628, DQ089629, DQ089630). After HLA blast analysis, the novel allele showed a single nucleotide mismatch with B*400101 in exon 2 at position 272 C-->A, as the results, changing amino acid from Ser to Tyr at codon 67. It is concluded that this allele is a novel one and has been officially named B*4061 by the WHO Nomenclature Committee.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Immunology, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qin-Feng
authors.initials: QF
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhe-Dong
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Fa-Ming
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Li-Xing
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002681:China; D015235:HLA-B Antigens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D015235:HLA-B Antigens