major histocompatibility complex (human), class I, B56 | ||
| Alleles | B*5601, *5602, *5603, *5604 | |
| Structure (See HLA-B) | ||
| Symbol(s) | HLA-B | |
| EBI-HLA | B*5601 | |
| B*5602 | ||
| B*5603 | ||
| B*5604 | ||
| Locus | chr.6 6p21.31 | |
HLA-B56 (B56) is an HLA-B serotype. B56 is a split antigen from the B22 broad antigen, sister serotypes are B54 and B55. The serotype identifies the more common HLA-B*56 gene products.[1] (For terminology help see: HLA-serotype tutorial)
| B*56 | B56 | B22 | Sample | |
| allele | % | % | size (N) | |
| 5601 | 72 | 5 | 671 | |
| 5603 | 46 | 8 | 13 | |
| 5604 | 73 | 11 |
| freq | |||
| ref. | Population | (%) | |
| [3] | Australian Aborigine Kimberly | 35.5 | |
| Papua New Guinea Madang | 34.6 | ||
| Papua New Guinea New Britain Rabaul | 31.6 | ||
| Taiwan Ami | 20.4 | ||
| New Caledonia | 19.2 | ||
| Australian Aborigine Groote Eylandt | 18.0 | ||
| Australian Aborigine Cape York Peninsula | 16.5 | ||
| Australian Aborigine Yuendumu | 11.4 | ||
| China Yunnan Lisu | 9.4 | ||
| China Yunnan Nu | 3.8 | ||
| Senegal Niokholo Mandenka | 2.7 | ||
| Sudanese | 2.5 | ||
| American Samoa | 2.0 | ||
| China Guangxi Maonan | 1.9 | ||
| Taiwan Hakka | 1.8 | ||
| Thailand | 1.8 | ||
| Finland | 1.7 | ||
| Georgia Tbilisi Kurds | 1.7 | ||
| India Andhra Pradesh Golla | 1.4 | ||
| Croatia | 1.3 | ||
| Japan (5) | 1.3 | ||
| South Africa Natal Tamil | 1.0 | ||
| Taiwan Rukai | 1.0 |