HLA-DRB5

major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 5

Summary

HLA-DRB5 belongs to the HLA class II beta chain paralogues. This class II molecule is a heterodimer consisting of an alpha (DRA) and a beta (DRB) chain, both anchored in the membrane. It plays a central role in the immune system by presenting peptides derived from extracellular proteins. Class II molecules are expressed in antigen presenting cells. The beta chain is approximately 26-28 kDa and its gene contains 6 exons. Exon one encodes the leader peptide, exons 2 and 3 encode the two extracellular domains, exon 4 encodes the transmembrane domain and exon 5 encodes the cytoplasmic tail. Within the DR molecule the beta chain contains all the polymorphisms specifying the peptide binding specificities. Typing for these polymorphisms is routinely done for bone marrow and kidney transplantation. There are multiple pseudogenes of this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2020]

Known Variants66 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs1156414446:32,485,062C/Gdownstream gene variant—
rs1127495946:32,485,397G/A3 prime UTR variant—
rs1510028026:32,485,410G/C——
rs1146042226:32,485,623A/Gintron variant—
rs1999109976:32,485,655A/G——
rs5594510136:32,485,704T/G——
rs2016999456:32,485,856T/C—benign
rs2005915866:32,485,857G/A—benign
rs1395476296:32,485,944T/Gintron variant—
rs5622416146:32,486,196A/T——
rs5620072146:32,486,267T/C——
rs5437837956:32,486,276C/T——
rs5385696716:32,486,310A/T——
rs1996822246:32,486,364G/Csynonymous variant—
rs1476690226:32,486,442T/Amissense variant—
rs5440688446:32,486,543G/A——
rs1167089526:32,486,590T/G——
rs5705684366:32,486,877C/A——
rs1929559576:32,486,965C/A——
rs725084296:32,487,068T/G——
rs1428041686:32,487,361G/Asynonymous variant—
rs2020544006:32,487,397C/T—likely benign
rs7712064656:32,487,418C/T—likely benign
rs24808991856:32,487,421A/G—likely benign
rs1150016266:32,487,462G/Tintron variant—
rs1890491846:32,487,474G/Aintron variant—
rs5438385406:32,487,494T/G——
rs1932767486:32,488,013T/Gintron variant—
rs1133972826:32,488,050T/Cintron variant—
rs1910186066:32,488,081T/A——
rs1148757756:32,489,032A/Tintron variant—
rs1126687376:32,489,345A/T——
rs1912693366:32,489,596A/Tintron variant—
rs7774133256:32,489,716G/A—likely benign
rs7079566:32,489,856C/T—benign
rs1474404976:32,489,888A/Gmissense variant—
rs1154886956:32,490,036C/Tintron variant—
rs5500625356:32,490,073A/G——
rs5324612686:32,490,218C/T——
rs1513200686:32,490,243C/Tintron variant—
rs1845384856:32,490,366A/Cintron variant—
rs1490790646:32,490,391A/Tintron variant—
rs5415058566:32,490,394C/T——
rs1408495646:32,490,607A/Gintron variant—
rs5661439516:32,490,902A/G——
rs1138548816:32,491,732A/G——
rs5585340396:32,492,325C/G——
rs1122090316:32,492,407T/G——
rs1918437816:32,492,967T/G——
rs1125878216:32,493,589T/G——
rs5415424516:32,493,738C/A——
rs1134964646:32,494,011A/C——
rs1896004726:32,494,097T/A——
rs5632053446:32,494,984A/T——
rs725084576:32,496,171C/A——
rs5330157776:32,496,481C/T——
rs3742489936:32,496,534G/C——
rs674499616:32,497,550G/A——
rs1173172826:32,497,719A/G——
rs715492206:32,497,917C/Amissense variant—
rs13774601756:32,497,947G/A—likely benign
rs7650987736:32,497,993A/G—likely benign
rs1484515806:32,498,626G/Aupstream gene variant—
rs5501270746:32,499,466G/A——
rs768469046:32,499,917C/Tupstream gene variant—
rs1863258826:32,499,990G/Aupstream gene variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.