title: Amino acid and nucleotide sequences of variable regions of mouse immunoglobulin light chains of the lambda 3-subtype.
abstract: To learn about the V lambda gene segments that are expressed in lambda 3 light chains, the most recently identified lambda-chain subtype in inbred mice, we determined partial amino acid sequences of the V regions of two of these chains, L5-8 and Lc49 . The partial sequences were extended by establishing the complete V region sequence of cDNA for the lambda-chain mRNA from the hybridoma (RZ 5-8) and the myeloma ( CBPC -49) that produce these chains. The primer extension method used to sequence the cDNA is described in detail, because the same primer (a synthetic heptadecadeoxynucleotide ) can be used for sequencing cDNA for lambda-chains of all three subtypes of inbred mice and probably for lambda-chains from some other vertebrate species as well. The results confirm earlier preliminary findings that for both chains the V region is encoded by the V lambda 1 and J lambda 3 gene segments. The unmutated germ-line sequences of these gene segments are present in both chains, but the two chains, nevertheless, differ at codon 97, the V lambda-J lambda boundary. A T/G difference in the third position of this codon resulted in a codon for histidine (CAT) in one chain (L5-8) and for glutamine (CAG) in the other chain ( Lc49 ). This difference can be accounted for by variation in the site of V lambda 1-J lambda 3 recombination. Though the V region amino acid sequences of L5-8 and Lc49 differ only by the His/Gln substitution at position 97, the two chains have been shown (manuscript in preparation) to differ in their ability to form an effective combining site for the 2,4-dinitrophenyl group.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004270:DNA, Circular / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism; D014644:Genetic Variation; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics*; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D004270:DNA, Circular; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases; C031714:primer activating enzymes