title: Two unusual human immunoglobulin V kappa genes.
abstract: The V kappa genes A10 and A14 which have been previously localized within the human kappa locus were analysed now. A10 hybridizes under stringent conditions only weakly or not at all to probes characteristic for the four V kappa subgroups. According to their DNA sequences and the derived amino-acid sequences A10 and A14 do not fit well into the subgroup classification. They seem to be about as closely related to the subgroup I and III genes and less related to those of subgroups II and IV. Hybridization experiments indicate that A10 and A14 belong to a small V kappa gene family. After discussing the various features of the sequences we suggest neither to assign A10 and A14 to one of the existing subgroups nor to establish a new one but to apply to them the subgroup designation N which may be changed when all V kappa genes are known and can be classified together.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Physikalische Biochemie und Zellbiologie, Universität München.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Straubinger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Thiebe
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huber
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Osterholzer
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Zachau
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003360:Cosmids; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D006801:Humans; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics*; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009710:Nucleotide Mapping
chemical_list: D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes