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. 1995 Sep;57(3):651–660.

A Genetic Polymorphism in Coumarin 7-Hydroxylation: Sequence of the Human CYP2A Gnes and Identification of Variant CYP2A6 Alleles

Pedro Fernandez-Salguero, Susan M G Hoffman, Suzanne Cholerton, Harvey Mohrenweiser, Hannu Raunio, Arja Rautio, Olavi Pelkonen, Jin-ding Huang, William E Evans, Jeffrey R Idle, Frank J Gonzalez
PMCID: PMC1801261  PMID: 7668294

Abstract

A group of human cytochrome P450 genes encompassing the CYP2A, CYP2B, and CYP2F subfamilies were cloned and assembled into a 350-kb contig localized on the long arm of chromosome 19. Three complete CYP2A genes—CYP2A6, CYP2A7, and CYP2A13—plus two pseudogenes truncated after exon 5, were identified and sequenced. A variant CYP2A6 allele that differed from the corresponding CYP2A6 and CYP2A7 cDNAs previously sequenced was found and was designated CYP2A6ν2. Sequence differences in the CYP2A6ν2 gene are restricted to regions encompassing exons 3, 6, and 8, which bear sequence relatedness with the corresponding exons of the CYP2A7 gene, located downstream and centromeric of CYP2A6ν2, suggesting recent gene-conversion events. The sequencing of all the CYP2A genes allowed the design of a PCR diagnostic test for the normal CYP2A6 allele, the CYP2A6ν2 allele, and a variant—designated CYP2A6ν1—that encodes an enzyme with a single inactivating amino acid change. These variant alleles were found in individuals who were deficient in their ability to metabolize the CYP2A6 probe drug coumarin. The allelic frequencies of CYP2A6ν1 and CYP2A6ν2 differed significantly between Caucasian, Asian, and African-American populations. These studies establish the existence of a new cytochrome P450 genetic polymorphism.

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