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The HLA-A9 family has been characterized as possessing two well defined specificities; HLA-A23 and A24. Serological studies have suggested the presence of a third member of this family HLA-A9.3, however there is doubt surrounding the existence of this specificity. HLA-A23, A24, and the putative A9.3 proteins were analyzed biochemically by immunoprecipitation and isoelectric focusing. Both HLA-A24 and A9.3 have identical isoelectric points whereas A23 is different. We have sequenced cDNA encoding HLA-A23, A24, and A9.3. From the observed protein sequences, we found A9.3 to differ from A24 by two amino acid substitutions located in the α2 helix of the class I molecule. These substitutions are expected to significantly change the shape of the peptide binding cleft.
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The nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper have been submitted to the GenBank nucleotide sequence database and have been assigned the accession numbers M64740 (HLA-A *2402); M64741 (HLA-A *2403); M64742 (HLA-A *2301).
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Little, AM., Madrigal, J.A. & Parham, P. Molecular definition of an elusive third HLA-A9 molecule: HLA-A9.3. Immunogenetics 35, 41–45 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00216625
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