Characterisation of the Novel HLA‐B*44:561Q Allele, With an Amino Acid Deletion in the Transmembrane Domain

Key Points

• To characterize the novel HLA-B*44:561Q allele and its structural features.
• Characterization of the HLA-B*44:561Q allele
• Analysis of amino acid deletion
• Investigation of the transmembrane domain
• Identified amino acid deletion in the transmembrane domain of HLA-B*44:561Q
• Characterization demonstrates uniqueness of the allele