Research Article

Association of Obesity with Proteasomal Gene Polymorphisms in Children

Table 1

General information about the genotyped loci.

Gene/chromosome locationPolymorphismGenotyping methodPrimersFragment size (bp)
VariationIDFunction

PSMA6/14q13.2c.-110C>ARs2277460PromoterASA
F: 5′-ATGCAAGAGCGGAAGAAAC-3′ 256
F: 5′-ATGCAAGAGCGGAAGAAAA-3′ 
R: 5′-CTGAATTGCCCTGTCATGGTA-3′
c.-8C>GRs10489905′UTRCAPS/RsaI F: 5′-ACGTTGGATGCTCCAGATGAAAGCCTGA-3′ 256/161 + 94
R: 5′-ACGTTGGATGGCCCTATCTTCCTTAACTCTC-3′
PSMA3/14q23c. 543+138G>ARs2348071Int7CAPS/TscAI F: 5′-GTCTAAGGCAGGGATGTCCA-3′ 232/166 + 66
R: 5′-ACCAGCTTTCCCATTCAGTG-3′

SNP: single nucleotide polymorphism.
ID: indicates GenBank polymorphic loci accession number.
ASA: allele specific amplification.
CAPS: cleaved amplified polymorphic site.
Bp: base pairs.
F: forward.
R: reverse.