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Pharmacogenetics: CYP1A2 Genetic Polymorphisms

  • GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS OF CYTOCHROME P450 (CYP) 1A2
     Allele Population
    Single Nucleotide
    Polymorphism

    Location
    CYP1A2
    Activity

    Notes
     CYP1A2*1
    General Population Wild-type; 7.8kb
    15q24.1
    normal
    Contains 7 exons & 6
    introns that code for a
    515-residue protein with
    a MW of 58,294 Da
     CYP1A1*1B
    Chinese
    French caucasians 35%
    C5347T (N516N)
    Exon 7 unknown
    Impact not known
     CYP1A2*1C
    Japanese G-3860A
    Enchancer

    Associated with ↓
    inducibility of 1A2
     CYP1A2*1D
    Turkish 92%
    Japanese 42-44%
    Egyptians 40%
    T-2467delT Enhancer
    unknown
    Impact not known
     CYP1A2*1E
    Japanese 42%
    Caucasians 4.8%
    T-739G
    Intron 1
    unknown
    Impact not known
     CYP1A2*1F
    British whites 33%
    German whites 32%
    C-163A
    Intron 1

    Associated with ↑1A2
    production/activity
     CYP1A2*1J
    Saudi Arabains 5.9%
    Spaniards 1.3%
    -740G; -164A
    Intron 1
    unknown Impact currently
    unknown
     CYP1A2*1K
    Saudi Arabians 3.6%
    Spaniards 0.5%
    -730T; -740G;
    -164A
    Intron 1
    May disrupt transcription
    factor binding that leads
    to ↓transcription
     CYP1A2*2
    Chinese 0.32%
    C2866G (F21L)
    Exon 2
    unknown
    Impact not known
     CYP1A2*3
    French ≤ 0.5-1% T5347T (D348N)
    Exon 4

    ↓gene expression
     CYP1A2*4
    French ≤ 0.5-1%
    A2499T (I383F) Exon5
    ↓gene expression
     CYP1A2*5
    French ≤ 0.5-1%
    G3497A (C406Y) Exon 6
    unknown
    Impact not known
     CYP1A2*6
    French ≤ 0.5-1%
    G5090T (R431W)
    Exon 7

    ↓gene expression
     CYP1A2*7
    NR
    G3533A
    Intron 6

    Splicing defect in gene
     CYP1A2*8
    Japanese < 1%
    G5166A (R456H)
    Exon 7

    Impact in-vivo not known
     CYP1A2*9
    Japanese < 1%
    C248T (T38M)
    Exon 2
    unknown Impact not known
     CYP1A2*10
    Japanese < 1%
    G502C (E168Q)
    Exon 2
    unknown
    Impact not known
     CYP1A2*11
    Japanese < 1%
    C558A (F186L)
    Exon 2

    Impact in-vivo not known
     CYP1A2*12
    Japanese < 1%
    A634T (S212C)
    Exon 2
    unknown
    Impact in-vivo not known
     CYP1A2*13
    Japanese < 1%
    G1514A (G299S)
    Exon 3
    unknown
    Impact in-vivo not known
     CYP1A2*14
    Japanese < 1%
    C5112T (T438I)
    Exon 7
    normal
    Impact in-vivo not known
     CYP1A2*15
    Japanese < 1%
    C125G (P42R)
    Exon 2

    Impact in-vivo not known
     CYP1A2*16
    Japanese < 1%
    G2473A (R377Q)
    Exon 5

    Impact in-vivo not known


    The letters  before and after the numbers represent the single nucleotides that make up the DNA sequence and to code for an amino acid (A = adenine, C = cytosine, G = guanine, T = thymine).  Amino acids represented: (C = cysteine, D = aspartate, F = phenyalanine, G = glycine, H = histidine, K = lysine, L = leucine, M = methionine, N = asparagine, P = proline, Q = glutamine, R = arginine, S = serine, T = threonine, V = valine, W = tryptophan, Y = tyrosine).  NR = not reported.

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Editors & Reviewers

  • Editors:  Anthony J. Busti, MD, PharmD, FNLA, FAHA
    Last Reviewed:  June 2015

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