immunoglobulin kappa joining 1 (IGKJ1)

Function

• J region of variable domain of immunoglobulin kappa light chain
• variable domains are assembled by a process called V-(D)-J rearrangement & can then be subjected to somatic hypermutations which, after exposure to antigen and selection, allow affinity maturation for a particular antigen

Compartment

secreted

More general terms

• immunoglobulin kappa chain (Ig-kappa, IGKV4-1, IGKV4-1, IGKV1-5, IGKC)

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/A0A0A0MT89.html