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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Jun;63(6):1552–1561. doi: 10.1002/art.30260

Table 2.

Polymorphism in DQ6 molecules and peptide binding pockets in various DQ haplotypes

A. Amino Acid Polymorphisms outside anchoring pockets*
Alpha chain 15 22+ 23 38 42 44 45 47 49 50 53 58 61 63 77 126 127 172 184 204
DQA1*0102 F Y T R A R W E S K G G R M Y Q S Q A M
DQA1*0103 F F T K A R W E S K G G R M Y H A Q A V
DQA1*0301 S Y S R V Q L L R R R F T I S H S E T V
Beta chain 3 53 55 66 84 87 125 130 140 167
DQB1*0302 S L P E Q L A R T R
DQB1*0601 P Q R D E F G R A H
DQB1*0604 S Q R E E Y G Q A R
B. Amino Acid Polymorphisms within anchoring Pockets
DQA1/DQB1 P1 P4 P6 P7 P9
α9, α31, α52, β86 β13, β26, α66, β9, β30 β67 α73, β9, β37, β38, β57
*0301/*0302 Y E R E G L L Y Y V V Y Y A A
*0103/*0601 C Q G A A Y A L Y I M L D V D
*0103/*0604 C Q G G G L A Y H V M Y Y A V

In case of α22Y, there is a water-mediated hydrogen bond to the peptide backbone, that is important for peptide stability (27, 42).