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Singlenucleotide
polymorphism
For example, at a specific base position in the human genome, the C nucleotide
may appear in most individuals, but in a minority of individuals, the position is
occupied by an A. This means that there is an SNP at this specific position, and
the two possible nucleotide variations C or A are said to be alleles for this
position.
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Contents
Types
Applications of SNPs
Frequency
Within a genome
Within a population
Importance
Biomedical research
Forensics
Pharmacogenetics
Disease
Examples
Databases
Nomenclature
SNP analysis
Programs for prediction of SNP effects
See also
Notes
References
External links
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Types
Single-nucleotide polymorphisms
Types of SNPs
may fall within coding sequences of
genes, non-coding regions of genes, Non-coding region
or in the intergenic regions (regions
Coding region
between genes). SNPs within a
coding sequence do not necessarily Synonymous
change the amino acid sequence of Nonsynonymous
the protein that is produced, due to
degeneracy of the genetic code. Missense
Nonsense
SNPs in the coding region are of
two
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SNPs that are not in protein-coding regions may still affect gene splicing,
transcription factor binding, messenger RNA degradation, or the sequence of
non-coding RNA. Gene expression affected by this type of SNP is referred to as
an eSNP (expression SNP) and may be upstream or downstream from the
gene.
ApplicationsofSNPs
Association studies can determine whether a genetic variant is associated
with a disease or trait.[6]
A tag SNP is a representative single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP's) in
a region of the genome with high linkage disequilibrium (the non-random
association of alleles at two or more loci). Tag SNPs are useful in whole-
genome SNP association studies, in which hundreds of thousands of
SNPs across the entire genome are genotyped.
Haplotype mapping: sets of alleles or DNA sequences can be clustered so
that a single SNP can identify many linked SNPs.
Linkage disequilibrium (LD), a term used in population genetics, indicates
non-random association of alleles at two or more loci, not necessarily on
the same chromosome. It refers to the phenomenon that SNP allele or
DNA sequence that are close together in the genome tend to be inherited
together. LD is affected by two parameters: 1) The distance between the
SNPs [the larger the distance, the lower the LD]. 2) Recombination rate
[the lower the recombination rate, the higher the LD].[7]
Frequency
Within a genome
The genomic distribution of SNPs is not homogenous; SNPs occur in non-
coding regions more frequently than in coding regions or, in general, where
natural selection is acting and "fixing" the allele (eliminating other variants) of
the SNP that constitutes the most favorable genetic adaptation.[8] Other
factors, like genetic recombination and mutation rate, can also determine SNP
density.[9]
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Within a population
There are variations between human populations, so a SNP allele that is
common in one geographical or ethnic group may be much rarer in another.
Within a population, SNPs can be assigned a minor allele frequency the
lowest allele frequency at a locus that is observed in a particular population.
This is simply the lesser of the two allele frequencies for single-nucleotide
polymorphisms.
Importance
Variations in the DNA sequences of humans can affect how humans develop
diseases and respond to pathogens, chemicals, drugs, vaccines, and other
agents. SNPs are also critical for personalized medicine.[11]
Biomedical research
SNPs' greatest importance in biomedical research is for comparing regions of
the genome between cohorts (such as with matched cohorts with and without a
disease) in genome-wide association studies. SNPs have been used in genome-
wide association studies as high-resolution markers in gene mapping related to
diseases or normal traits. SNPs without an observable impact on the
phenotype (so called silent mutations) are still useful as genetic markers in
genome-wide association studies, because of their quantity and the stable
inheritance over generations.[12]
Forensics
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SNPs were used initially for matching a forensic DNA sample to a suspect but
it has been phased out with development of STR based DNA fingerprinting
techniques.[13] In the future SNPs may be used in forensics for some
phenotypic clues like eye color, hair color, ethnicity etc. Kidd et al. have
demonstrated that a panel of 19 SNPs can identify the ethnic group with good
probability of match (Pm = 10^-7) in 40 population groups studied.[14] One
example of how this might potentially be useful is in the area of artistic
reconstruction of possible premortem appearances of skeletonized remains of
unknown individuals. Although a facial reconstruction can be fairly accurate
based strictly upon anthropological features, other data that might allow a
more accurate representation include eye color, skin color, hair color, etc.
Pharmacogenetics
Some SNPs are associated with the metabolism of different drugs.[16][17][18]
The association of a wide range of human diseases like cancer, infectious
diseases (AIDS, leprosy, hepatitis, etc.) autoimmune, neuropsychiatric and
many other diseases with different SNPs can be made as relevant
pharmacogenomic targets for drug therapy.[19]
Disease
A single SNP may cause a Mendelian disease, though for complex diseases,
SNPs do not usually function individually, rather, they work in coordination
with other SNPs to manifest a disease condition as has been seen in
Osteoporosis.[20] One of the earliest successes in this field was finding a single
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All types of SNPs can have an observable phenotype or can result in disease:
Examples
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rs6311 and rs6313 are SNPs in the Serotonin 5-HT2A receptor gene on
human chromosome 13.[26]
A SNP in the F5 gene causes Factor V Leiden thrombophilia.[27]
rs3091244 is an example of a triallelic SNP in the CRP gene on human
chromosome 1.[28]
TAS2R38 codes for PTC tasting ability, and contains 6 annotated
SNPs.[29]
rs148649884 and rs138055828 in the FCN1 gene encoding M-colin
crippled the ligand-binding capability of the recombinant M-colin.[30]
An intronic SNP in DNA mismatch repair gene PMS2 (rs1059060,
Ser775Asn) is associated with increased sperm DNA damage and risk of
male infertility.[31]
Databases
As there are for genes, bioinformatics databases exist for SNPs.
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TSC
Chromosome Length(bp) All SNPs
SNPs
kb
Total kb per Total
per
SNPs SNP SNPs
SNP
1 214,066,000 129,931 1.65 75,166 2.85
2 222,889,000 103,664 2.15 76,985 2.90
3 186,938,000 93,140 2.01 63,669 2.94
4 169,035,000 84,426 2.00 65,719 2.57
5 170,954,000 117,882 1.45 63,545 2.69
6 165,022,000 96,317 1.71 53,797 3.07
7 149,414,000 71,752 2.08 42,327 3.53
8 125,148,000 57,834 2.16 42,653 2.93
9 107,440,000 62,013 1.73 43,020 2.50
10 127,894,000 61,298 2.09 42,466 3.01
11 129,193,000 84,663 1.53 47,621 2.71
12 125,198,000 59,245 2.11 38,136 3.28
13 93,711,000 53,093 1.77 35,745 2.62
14 89,344,000 44,112 2.03 29,746 3.00
15 73,467,000 37,814 1.94 26,524 2.77
16 74,037,000 38,735 1.91 23,328 3.17
17 73,367,000 34,621 2.12 19,396 3.78
18 73,078,000 45,135 1.62 27,028 2.70
19 56,044,000 25,676 2.18 11,185 5.01
20 63,317,000 29,478 2.15 17,051 3.71
21 33,824,000 20,916 1.62 9,103 3.72
22 33,786,000 28,410 1.19 11,056 3.06
X 131,245,000 34,842 3.77 20,400 6.43
Y 21,753,000 4,193 5.19 1,784 12.19
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Nomenclature
The nomenclature for SNPs can be confusing: several variations can exist for
an individual SNP and consensus has not yet been achieved. One approach is
to write SNPs with a prefix, period and "greater than" sign showing the wild-
type and altered nucleotide or amino acid; for example, c.76A>T.[37][38][39]
SNPs are frequently referred to by their dbSNP rs number, as in the examples
above.
SNPanalysis
SNPs are usually biallelic and thus easily assayed.[40] Analytical methods to
discover novel SNPs and detect known SNPs include:
DNA sequencing;[41]
capillary electrophoresis;[42]
mass spectrometry;[43]
single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP);[44]
single-base extension;
electrochemical analysis;
denaturating HPLC and gel electrophoresis;
restriction fragment length polymorphism;
hybridization analysis;
ProgramsforpredictionofSNP
effects
An important group of SNPs are those that corresponds to missense mutations
causing amino acid change on protein level. Point mutation of particular
residue can have different effect on protein function (from no effect to
complete disruption its function). Usually, change in amino acids with similar
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SIFT (http://sift-dna.org)
SNAP2 (https://rostlab.org/services/snap)
SuSPect (http://www.sbg.bio.ic.ac.uk/suspect/index.html)
PolyPhen-2 (http://genetics.bwh.harvard.edu/pph2/)
PredictSNP (http://loschmidt.chemi.muni.cz/predictsnp/)
MutationTaster: ofcial website (http://www.mutationtaster.org/)
Variant Effect Predictor (http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/tools/vep/index.
html) from the Ensembl project
Seealso
Affymetrix Single-base SNV calling from
HapMap extension NGS data
Illumina SNP array Tag SNP
International SNP genotyping TaqMan
HapMap Project SNPedia Variome
Short tandem Snpstr
repeat (STR)
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