Characterization of a novel HLA-B*40 allele, HLA-B*40:186:02, by cloning and sequencing.

A novel HLA-B*40 variant, HLA-B*40:186:02, has been identified by cloning and sequencing in a southern Chinese Han population. Aligned with HLA-B*40:01:01, HLA-B*40:186:02 has a nonsynonymous cytosine mutation at nucleotide position 165 in exon 2, leading to amino acid change from glycine to arginine at codon 56. It differs from HLA-B*40:186:01 by a synonymous change (adenine to cytosine) at position 165 in exon 2.