TABLE 1

Nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms in hNET gene Subset of identified hNET variants evaluated in the present study. Nucleotide positions are from GenBank accession numbers X91117 to X91127. Exon and intron numbers reflect the revised structure of the hNET gene following identification of a new exon 1 (Kim et al., 1999).

Gene Position Nucleotide Protein Position Amino Acid Variant Frequency Reference
Major Position Minor
Exon 3 G299A IL1 Arg 121 Gln G = 0.995, A = 0.005 Iwasa et al., 2001
Exon 5 G223A TM4 Val 244 Ile G = 0.99, A = 0.01 Blakely Lab
Exon 6 A258C EL3 Asn 292 Thr A = 0.90, C = 0.10 Halushka et al., 1999
Exon 8 G193C TM7 Val 356 Leu G = 0.90, C = 0.10 Halushka et al., 1999
Exon 8 G232C EL4 Ala 369 Pro G = 0.95, C = 0.05 Halushka et al., 1999
Exon 8 A251G EL4 Asn 375 Ser A = 0.90, G = 0.10 Halushka et al., 1999
Exon 10 A256G EL5 Lys 463 Arg A = 0.90, G = 0.10 Halushka et al., 1999
Exon 12 T233G TM11 Phe 528 Cys T = 0.90, G = 0.10 Halushka et al., 1999
Exon 13 T776C EL6 Tyr 548 His T = 0.90, G = 0.10 Halushka et al., 1999
Exon 13 T780C EL6 Ile 549 Thr T = 0.99, C = 0.03 dbSNP
  • IL, intracellular loop; EL, extracellular loop; TM, transmembrane domain (as predicted by Pacholczyk et al., 1991).