immunoglobulin heavy joining 1 (IGHJ1)

Function

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

Compartment

secreted

More general terms

• immunoglobulin heavy chain

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/A0A0C4DH62.html