title: V lambda and J lambda-C lambda gene segments of the human immunoglobulin lambda light chain locus are separated by 14 kb and rearrange by a deletion mechanism.
abstract: We have cloned a region of 124 kb of the human immunoglobulin lambda light chain locus on chromosome 22 encompassing seven V lambda and seven J-C lambda gene segments. No further C lambda gene segment was found in a region of 35 kb downstream of C lambda 7, which encodes the Ke+Oz- isotype. The C lambda proximal V lambda gene segment V lambda III. 1 is located 14.5 kb upstream of C lambda 1. The five sequenced V lambda genes have the same transcriptional orientation as the J-C lambda gene segments which is likely to be true for the majority of the V lambda gene segments in the human lambda locus and which suggests a deletion mechanism for DNA rearrangement. This is supported by hybridization of V lambda gene probes to germ-line and rearranged DNA from lambda light chain-producing cell lines. Sequences of 23 cDNA clones allow to establish a V lambda subgroup classification based on nucleic acid sequence data and an estimate of the J-C lambda usage.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Universität, Munich, FRG.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Combriato
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Klobeck
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D006801:Humans; D007127:Immunoglobulin Constant Regions / Q000235:genetics*; D007133:Immunoglobulin Joining Region / Q000235:genetics*; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics*; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011544:Pseudogenes
chemical_list: D007127:Immunoglobulin Constant Regions; D007133:Immunoglobulin Joining Region; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains; D004247:DNA