title: Identification and characterization of three novel HLA alleles, HLA-A*240214, HLA-A*3215 and HLA-DQB1*060302.
abstract: We describe three novel human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles found in three different Caucasians, HLA-A*240214, HLA-A*3215 and HLA-DQB1*060302. As compared with HLA-A*24020101, HLA-A*240214 has a synonymous nucleotide (nt) exchange in codon 132. HLA-A*240214 may have arisen from intergenic recombination between HLA-A*24020101 and an HLA-B or HLA-C allele. The second novel allele, HLA-A*3215, has three nucleotide exchanges as compared with HLA-A*320101. These variations result in amino acid exchanges in codons 62 and 63, generating the public epitope of the serological HLA-A10 group. The third novel allele, HLA-DQB1*060302, has one synonymous nucleotide exchange within codon 38 as compared with HLA-DQB1*060301. In a family segregation study, we found that HLA-DQB1*060302, similar to the known HLA-DQB1*060301 allele, cosegregates with HLA-DRB1*1301.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplantation Immunology, Institute of Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heinold
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Opelz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Tran
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D001483:Base Sequence; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D015234:HLA-A Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059871:HLA-A24 Antigen; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens; D015234:HLA-A Antigens; C528702:HLA-A*24:02:14 antigen; C528703:HLA-A*32:15 antigen; D059871:HLA-A24 Antigen; D006683:HLA-DQ Antigens; D059866:HLA-DQ beta-Chains; C069051:HLA-DQB1 antigen