LongevityMap variant

Entry Details

Longevity Association
Non-significant
Population
Italian (Sardinia)
Study Design
129 centenarians and 154 sexagenarians randomly selected from the inhabitants of the same province were examined. In addition, 24 85-year-old sibs of centenarians were enrolled.
Conclusions
Sib pair analysis showed nonsignificant differences between the observed and expected percentage of DQA* allele sharing
Identifier
HLA-DQA1
In Other Studies (IDs)
196 376
Cytogenetic Location
6p21.32
UCSC Genome Browser
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Gene details

HGNC symbol
HLA-DQA1
Aliases
DQ-A1; CELIAC1; HLA-DQA 
Common name
major histocompatibility complex, class II, DQ alpha 1 
Description
HLA-DQA1 belongs to the HLA class II alpha chain paralogues. The class II molecule is a heterodimer consisting of an alpha (DQA) and a beta chain (DQB), both anchored in the membrane. It plays a central role in the immune system by presenting peptides derived from extracellular proteins. Class II molecules are expressed in antigen presenting cells (APC: B Lymphocytes, dendritic cells, macrophages). The alpha chain is approximately 33-35 kDa. It is encoded by 5 exons; exon 1 encodes the leader peptide, exons 2 and 3 encode the two extracellular domains, and exon 4 encodes the transmembrane domain and the cytoplasmic tail. Within the DQ molecule both the alpha chain and the beta chain contain the polymorphisms specifying the peptide binding specificities, resulting in up to four different molecules. Typing for these polymorphisms is routinely done for bone marrow transplantation. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Other longevity studies of this gene
4
OMIM
146880
Ensembl
ENSG00000196735
UniProt/Swiss-Prot
A0A173ADG5_HUMAN
Entrez Gene
3117
UniGene
387679
HapMap
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Homologs in model organisms

Danio rerio
si:busm1-48c11.3
Danio rerio
si:busm1-266f07.2
Danio rerio
si:busm1-266f07.2
Danio rerio
si:busm1-194e12.8
Danio rerio
si:zfos-2070c2.1
Danio rerio
si:ch73-211l2.3
Danio rerio
zgc:123107
Danio rerio
si:zfos-367g9.1
Danio rerio
CU914776.1
Danio rerio
si:busm1-160c18.1
Danio rerio
si:busm1-266f07.2
Danio rerio
si:busm1-48c11.3
Danio rerio
si:zfos-367g9.1
Danio rerio
si:busm1-266f07.2
Danio rerio
si:busm1-48c11.3
Danio rerio
si:busm1-194e12.8
Danio rerio
si:zfos-2070c2.1
Danio rerio
si:busm1-48c11.3
Danio rerio
si:busm1-266f07.2
Danio rerio
si:ch73-211l2.3
Danio rerio
CU914776.1
Danio rerio
si:busm1-266f07.2
Danio rerio
si:busm1-160c18.1
Danio rerio
zgc:123107
Mus musculus
H2-Aa
Mus musculus
H2-Aa
Rattus norvegicus
RT1-Ba
Rattus norvegicus
RT1-Ba

References

Scola et al. (2006)

Other variants which are also part of this study