Immunoglobulin iota chain is a protein that in humans is encoded by the VPREB1 gene.[5][6] VPREB1 has also recently been designated CD179A (cluster of differentiation 179A).

VPREB1
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesVPREB1, IGI, IGVPB, VPREB, CD179a, pre-B lymphocyte 1, V-set pre-B cell surrogate light chain 1
External IDsOMIM: 605141; MGI: 98936; HomoloGene: 84741; GeneCards: VPREB1; OMA:VPREB1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_007128
NM_001303509

NM_016982

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001290438
NP_009059

NP_058678

Location (UCSC)Chr 22: 22.24 – 22.25 MbChr 16: 16.69 – 16.69 Mb
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Function

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CD179a (VpreB) is a 126 aa-long polypeptide with apparent MW of 16-18 kDa. It is expressed selectively at the early stages of B cell development, namely, in proB and early preB cells. CD179a has an Ig V domain-like structure, but lacks the last beta-strand (beta7) of a typical V domain. Instead, it has a carboxyl terminal end that shows no sequence homologies to any other proteins. CD179a associates non-covalently with CD179b (lambda5 or lambda-like) carrying an Ig C domain-like structure to form an Ig light chain-like structure, which is called the surrogate light chain or pseudo light chain. In this complex, the incomplete V domain of CD179a appears to be complemented by the extra beta7 strand of CD179b. On the surface of early preB cells, CD179a/CD179b surrogate light chain is disulfide-linked to membrane-bound Ig mu heavy chain in association with a signal transducer CD79a/CD79b heterodimer to form a B cell receptor-like structure, so-called preB cell receptor (preBCR). Though no CD179a-related human disease or pathology has been reported yet, the deficiency of other components of preB cell receptor such as CD179b, Ig mu heavy chain and CD79a has been shown to result in severe impairment of B cell development and agammaglobulinemia in human. PreBCR transduces signals for: 1) cellular proliferation, differentiation from the proB cell to preB cell stage, 2) allelic exclusion at the Ig heavy chain gene locus, and 3) promotion of Ig light chain gene rearrangements. Thus, preBCR functions as a checkpoint in early B cell development to monitor the production of Ig mu heavy chain through a functional rearrangement of Ig heavy chain gene as well as the potency of Ig mu heavy chain to associate with Ig light chain.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000169575Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000059305Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Bauer SR, Huebner K, Budarf M, Finan J, Erikson J, Emanuel BS, Nowell PC, Croce CM, Melchers F (Nov 1988). "The human Vpre B gene is located on chromosome 22 near a cluster of V lambda gene segments". Immunogenetics. 28 (5): 328–33. doi:10.1007/BF00364231. PMID 3139558. S2CID 6981867.
  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: VPREB1 pre-B lymphocyte gene 1".

Further reading

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  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P12018 (Human Immunoglobulin iota chain) at the PDBe-KB.

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