Nucleotide sequence of exons 2 and 3 of the novel HLA-Cw*12032 allele

A novel HLA-C nucleotide sequence was discovered in an individual of Pacifi c Island, Tongan ethnicity using sequencing based typing. The sequence was given an official allele designation HLA-Cw*12032 by the WHO Nomenclature C ommittee for Factors of the HLA System. The novel sequence has 2 bp substit utions compared to the HLA-Cw*1203 at codon 134 "T" to "C" and codon 135 "C " to "G". However, when converted to amino acid sequences HLA-Cw*1203 and H LA-Cw*12032 are identical and would not have direct clinical implications.