Gene: [06p2133/HLADMA] major histocompatibility complex, class II, DM alpha; [HLA-DMA ]


FUN

The HLA-DMA and HLA-DMB (GEM:06p2133/HLADMB) genes are required for the normal assembly of peptides with MHC class II molecules (FAM:MHC2/06p2133) and encode subunits of a functional heterodimer that is critical in the pathway of class II antigen presentation (Morris-1994; Fling-1994)."

EVO

Sequence differences of HLA-DMA and HLA-DMB suggested that they originated before divergence of the main class II genes (Radley-1994)."

REF

NOM "Bodmer JG &: Tissue Antigens, 39, 161-173, 1992
CLO,FUN,EXP "Ceman S &: J Immunol, 154, 2545-2556, 1995
FUN,EXP "Fling SP &: Nature, 368, 554-558, 1994
IDN,PRO,LIN,LOC,MAP "Kelly AP &: Nature, 353, 571-573, 1991
FUN,EXP "Morris P &: Nature, 368, 551-554, 1994
GEN,SEQ,EVO "Radley E &: JBC, 269, 18834-18838, 1994

KEY

imm, img

CLA

coding, basic

LOC

06 p21.33

MIM

MIM: 142855

SYN

HLA-DMA