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Table 2 Possible variants of known germline V λ gene segments expressed in cDNA clones from patients with rheumatoid arthritis and normal controls

From: Frequent N Addition and Clonal Relatedness among Immunoglobulin Lambda Light Chains Expressed in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovia and PBL, and the Influence of Vλ Gene Segment Utilization on CDR3 Length

Gene Segment

Codon

Domain

Reported Sequence

Variant Sequence

Non-clonally Related Sequences Containing Described Variation

% of clones with variant sequence

IGLV3S2

92

CDR3

GAC

GAT

ASSynL182, 232; ASPBLL1, 220, 234; BCPBLL11; BCSynL4, 21, 22, 24

83.3%

hsigll150

32

CDR1

TAT

TTT

ASSynL202, 209; ASPBLL42, 53; BCSynL47; ITPBLL70

14.3%

hsigll150

33

CDR1

GCT

GTT

ASSynL216; ASPBLL42, 53; BCSynL51; LBPBLL3F; LKPBLL9; ITPBLL11, 70

17.8%

hsigll150

46

FR2

CTG

TTG

ASSynL204, 215, 216; ASPBLL48, 51, 59; BCSynL47; BCPBLL27; LBPBLL2, 3F, 5; LKPBLL9, 59; ITPBLL 13, 45, 70, 80

40.0%

hsigll150

52

CDR2

AGT

ACT

ASSynL209, 210, 211, 215, 216; ASPBLL42 53; LBPBLL2; LKPBLL59, 76, 72; ITPBLL70, 76

28.9%

hsigll150

87

FR3

TAC

TAT

ASSynL84, 202, 209, 211, 214, 216; ASPBLL42, 53; BCSynL17, 51; BCPBLL27; LBPBLL3J, 3K, 3S, 5; ITPBLL45

35.6%

III.1

20

FR1

AGC

ACC

ASPBLL2, 12, 13; BCPBLL8; LBPBLL4H; LKPBLL25

18.8%

III.1

52

CDR2

AGC

AAC

BCSynL56; BCPBLL6, 7, 9; ASPBLL10; LBPBLL4H; LKPBLL84, 85, 87, 88; ITPBLL25, 97

39.4%

III.1

87

FR3

TAC

TAT

ASSynL226; ASPBLL2; BCSynL56; BCPBLL6, 8; ITPBLL25

17.7%

III.1

94

CDR3

AGC

AAC

ASSynL227; ASPBLL10; BCPBLL4; LBPBLL4F, 4S; LKPBLL84; ITPBLL26

20.5%

6S1

43

FR2

TCC

GCC

BCSynL1, 3, 38, 59; BCPBLL16; LBPBLL2S, 4; ITPBLL75

88.9%