Table 2 Variant frequencies of GBA-PD samples based on three different primer sets unique for the functional GBA1 gene and two different polymerase enzymes.

From: False negatives in GBA1 sequencing due to polymerase dependent allelic imbalance

Sample

Variant

TaKaRa

Q5

Primer 1

Primer 3

Primer4

Primer 1

Primer 3

Primer4

1

E326K

Low yield*

99.9

99.8

100

100

100

2

E326K

99.8

99.9

99.8

99.9

100

100

3

E326K

51.2

53.2

51.7

47.7

48.3

50.4

4

E326K

48.6

50.4

50.5

47.5

49.4

51.4

5

E326K

48.1

47.6

47.1

33.4

32.3

31

6

T369M; L324P

50.7; 47.1

48.1; 50.3

50.7; 47.8

50; 47.7

49.5; 49

50.8; 48

7

T369M

48.7

50.8

49.7

63.3

64.5

68.3

8

L444P

44.4

42.4

43.9

27.8

28.3

23.6

9

E326K

48.4

49.8

48.4

34.2

Low yield*

29.8

10

E326K

49

47

48.7

27

28.6

23.6

11

E326K

48.5

48.3

49.9

24.8

23

18.8

12

N370S

49.5

53.1

53.7

51.5

53.5

52.9

  1. See Table 3 for HGVS nomenclature.
  2. *Two samples had a relatively low yield after PCR and could not reliably be sequenced.