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. 2009 Nov;11(6):530–536. doi: 10.2353/jmoldx.2009.090050

Table 1.

Alleles Included in Clinical Ashkenazi Jewish Testing Panels

Disorder Gene Alleles on clinical AJ panels Allele frequency in affected AJ population AJ heterozygote frequency (all alleles) Allele frequency in affected non-AJ population Allele found in DNA samples studied
BS BLM 2281del6/ins7 >99%7 1:107,7 111,13 1578 Yes
NM_000057.2:c.2340delATCTGA. insTAGATTC
CD ASPA E285A 82.9%9 1:37,8 38,11 6510 2.5%9 Yes
NM_000049.2:c.854A>C
CD ASPA Y231X 14.8%9 0.0%9 Yes
NM_000049.2:c.693C>A
CD ASPA A305E 0%9 60%9 Yes
NM_000049.2:c.914C>A
CD ASPA 433(−2)A>G (IVS2-2) 1.1%9 0.0%9 No
NM_000049.2:c.433–2A>G
FA FACC IVS4(+4)A>T >99%12 1:77,8 89,12 9213 Yes
NG_011707.1:g.82053A>T
FA FACC 322delG Yes
NM_000136:c.67delG
FD IKBKAP IVS20+6T>C (2507+6T>C) 98%8 1:29,8 316 Yes
NG_008788.1:g.40664T>C
FD IKBKAP R696P 2%8 No
NP_03631.2:p.R696P
GD GBA N370S 85%5 1:17,8 1810 Yes
NM_000157.2:c.1226A>C
GD GBA 84GG (1035insG) 6%5 Yes
NM_000157.2:c,93_94insG
GD GBA L444P 3.5%5 Yes
NM_000157.2:c.1448T>C
GD GBA IVS2+1G>A 1%5 Yes
NM_000157.2:c.27+1G>A
GD GBA R496H No
NM_000157.2:c.1604G>A
GD GBA D409H No
NM_000157.2:c.1343A>T
GD GBA V394L Yes
NM_000157.2:c.1297G>T
GD GBA del55bp No
NM_000157.2:c.1263del55
MLIV MCOLN1 IVS3-2A>G 66%14 1:67,8 100,15 12714 Yes
NM_020533.1:c.406-2A>G
MLIV MCOLN1 del6434(ex1-7) 30%14 Yes
AF_287270:g.511-6943del
NP SMPD1 R496L 97%16,10 1:90,16 103,8 12510 Yes
NP_000534.3:R496L
NP SMPD1 fsP330 Yes
NM_00543.2:c.990delC
NP SMPD1 L302P Yes
NP_000534.3:L302P
NP SMPD1 delR608 Yes
NP_000534.3:R608del
TSD HEXA 1278+TATC 81%17 1:3117 32%17 Yes
M_16411:c.1278.insTATC
TSD HEXA IVS12+1G>C 15%17 Yes
M_16421:g.200G>C
TSD HEXA G269S 2%17 Yes
M_16411:c.805G>A
TSD HEXA IVS9(+1)G>A 0%17 14%17 Yes
M_16417:g.149G>A
TSD HEXA R247W (pseudo) 0%17 Yes
M_16411:c.739C>T
TSD HEXA R249W (pseudo) 0%17 No
M_16411:c.745C>T
TSD HEXA del7.6kb No
NT_010194:g.del70457939-70449986
TSD HEXA IVS7+1G>A No
M_16417:g.149G>A
GSD G6PC R83C ∼100%18 1:7118 Yes
NM_000151.2:c.247C>T
GSD G6PC Q347X
NM_000151.2:c:1039C>T Yes

AJ, Ashkenazi Jewish; BS, Bloom Syndrome; CD, Canavan Disease; FA, Fanconi Anemia; FD, familial dysautonomia; GD, Gaucher disease; MLIV, mucolipidosis type IV; NP, NP disease type A; TSD, Tay-Sachs disease; GSD, glycogen storage disorder type la.