Četiri su uobičajena alela DQA1: DQA1 *0101, *0102, *0103, *0104. Ovi aleli se uvijek nalaze u haplotipovima sa HLA-DQB1*05 (DQ5) i HLA-DQB1*06 (DQ6). DQ1 je serotip, rijedak među serotipovima za ljudske antigene klase II, po tome što antitijela na DQ1 reagiraju na alfa-lanac HLA DQ, ovih proizvoda gena alela DQA1.
Ostali aleli DQA1 nemaju definirani serotip. Postoji pet grupa: DQA1 *02, *03, *04, *05, *06. DQA1, a unutar ovih grupa su ili invarijantne ili proizvode istu podjedinicu α-lanca. DQA1*02 i DQA1*06 sadržeći samo jedan alel. DQA1*03 ima tri alela od kojih svaki proizvodi gotovo identične α3. Za DQA1*05, DQA1*0501 i DQA1*0505 proizvode identične α5. Postoje i drugi DQA1*05 koji proizvode varijantu α5var, ali oni su rijetki.
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