A novel single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the CYP2C19 gene in a Japanese subject with lowered capacity of mephobarbital 4'-hydroxylation

Drug Metab Pharmacokinet. 2004 Jun;19(3):236-8. doi: 10.2133/dmpk.19.236.

Abstract

We sequenced all nine exons and exon-intron junctions of the cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19) gene from a Japanese subject with a lowered capacity of CYP2C19-mediated 4'-hydroxylation after an oral administration of mephobarbital. We found a novel single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of CYP2C19 gene as follows: SNP, 040110MoritaJ001; GENENAME: CYP2C19; ACCESSION NUMBER: NT_030059.8; LENGTH; 25 bases; 5'-GAGGGCCTGGCCC/TGCATGGAGCTGT-3'. The SNP (168946C>T) induced an amino acid alteration (Arg442Cys) located in exon 9 close to the heme-binding region of CYP2C19, which may result in the decrease in the catalytic properties of CYP2C19. A new allele having this SNP was designated as CYP2C19*16.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Amino Acid Substitution / genetics
  • Arginine / genetics
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / deficiency*
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / genetics*
  • Asian People / genetics*
  • Cysteine / genetics
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19
  • Enzyme Activation / genetics
  • Genetic Carrier Screening
  • Humans
  • Hydroxylation
  • Male
  • Mephobarbital / metabolism*
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases / deficiency*
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases / genetics*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics*

Substances

  • Mephobarbital
  • Arginine
  • Mixed Function Oxygenases
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases
  • CYP2C19 protein, human
  • Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19
  • Cysteine