Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Polymorphism in the Saudi Population
作者:
M.A.F. El-Hazmi,
A.S. Warsy,
期刊:
Human Heredity
(Karger Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 36,
issue 1
页码: 24-30
ISSN:0001-5652
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1159/000153595
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase;Polymorphism;Saudi Arabia
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) exhibits extensive heterogeneity in the Saudi population. The polymorphism of G-6-PD was investigated in different regions of Saudi Arabia, and G-6-PD variants were separated and identified on the basis of their electrophoretic mobility and activity towards glucose-6-phosphate. G-6-PD-B+ was found to be the most common phenotype, G-6-PD-A+ was found in each region but at a variable frequency ranging between 0.007 and 0.046. A second variant with normal activity but lower mobility than G-6-PD-B+ was identified among the Saudis at a frequency ranging from 0.000 to 0.028 in the different regions. In addition, a high frequency of variants with reduced activity was encountered in all regions. In males, a frequency of G-6-PD Mediterranean ranging from 0.046 to 0.261 was obtained, while G-6-PD-A* existed at a frequency ranging from 0.011 to 0.028. Furthermore, other variants with reduced activity but the same electrophoretic mobility as G-6-PD-B+ were detected at a high frequency among the Saudis.
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