TABLE 1

Summary of human adrenoceptor variants whose impact on receptor function has been assessed

Data are derived from the Exome Variant Server of the National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Exome Sequencing Project (2013).

GenedbSNPPositionMajor/Minor AlleleMAF
CDSProteinCodonAmino AcidEuropean AmericansAfrican Americans
α1-Adrenoceptor
ADRA1Ars61757009460154TCC/GCCSer/Ala0.020.001
rs56233953497166AGG/AAGArg/Lys0.0040.001
rs2229125599200ATC/AGCIle/Ser0.020.004
rs3730287739247GGG/AGGGly/Arg0.000.00
rs10481011039347CGC/TGCArg/Cys0.550.26
rs22291261395465GAA/GATGlu/Asp0.020.02
α2-Adrenoceptor
ADRA2Ars1800544−1252C/G0.480.48
rs1800035798266aAAC/AAGAsn/LysNDbNDb
rs553668*427G/A0.290.29
rs869244+70 kbG/A0.370.37
rs10885122+203 kbG/T0.270.27
ADRA2Brs28365031901–909301–303GAAGAGGAG/-GluGluGlu/-NDND
ADRA2Crs61767072964–975322–325GGGGCGGGGCCG/-GlyAlaGlyPro/-0.140.47
β-Adrenoceptor
ADRB1rs2782980−22 kbC/T0.290.29
rs180125214549AGC/GGCSer/Gly0.110.19
rs18012531165389CGA/GGAArg/Gly0.260.37
ADRB2rs1042711−47“−19”TGT/CGTCys/Arg0.420.19
rs10427134616GGA/AGAGly/Arg0.380.49
rs10427147927GAA/CAAGln/Glu0.420.18
rs1800888491164ACC/ATCThr/Ile0.020.003
ADRB3rs499419064TGG/CGGTrp/Arg0.080.11
rs72655364493165TCG/CCGSer/ProNDcNDc
rs72655365769257TCT/CCTSer/ProNDcNDc
rs4995794265ACG/ATGThr/Met0.000.01
  • CDS, coding region sequence; dbSNP, single nucleotide polymorphism database; kb, kilobase; MAF, minor allelic frequency; ND, not determined (i.e., not listed in the Exome Variant Server).

  • a Commonly described as variation at amino acid position 251.

  • b MAF according to 1000 Genomes Browser: 0.02.

  • c Allelic frequency in European Americans and African Americans was not determined. Variation was reported in Chinese individuals (Huang et al., 2013a).