010  Diego Blood Group
The Diego blood group system consists of 22 antigens carried on a multipass membrane glycoprotein called band 3 (aka AE1; SLC4A1; CD233). It consists of 911 amino acids and both amino and carboxyl termini are predicted to be intracellular. The transmembrane domains of band 3 function as the RBC anion transporter while the long amino terminal region of the protein is critical to maintaining RBC shape integrity through its interaction with the cytoskeleton.
Antigens
[1] Dia
[2] Dib
[3] Wra
[4] Wrb
[5] Wda
[6] Rba
[7] WARR
[8] ELO
[9] Wu
[10] Bpa
[11] Moa
[12] Hga
[13] Vga
[14] Swa
[15] BOW
[16] NFLD
[17] Jna
[18] KREP
[19] Tra
[20] Fra
[21] SW1
[22] DISK
Reference Info
Gene: SLC4A1
Allele: DI*02. Acceptable: DI*B, or Dib if inferred by haemagglutination
Seq: NG_007498.1 (genomic), NM_000342.3 (transcript)
Entrez GeneID: 6521
Number of exons: 20