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Potential germline repertoire: Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGKV and IGKJ genes on chromosome 12



For a comparative repertoire between different assemblies' annotations, see: Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGK locus gene repertoire per assembly.
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Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGKV genes

The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGK locus on chromosome 12 comprises 73 IGKV genes belonging to 8 IGKV subgroups and 1 IGKV clan :
  • 33 FUNCTIONAL
  • 4 ORF (Open Reading Frame)
  • 36 PSEUDOGENE
IMGT group IMGT subgroup Functional ORF Pseudogene Total
IGKV IGKV1 18 2 5(3:2) 25
IGKV2 7 0 13(6:7) 20
IGKV3 5 0 5(0:5) 10
IGKV4 1 0 0 1
IGKV5 1 0 0 1
IGKV6 0 1 1(1:0) 2
IGKV7 1 0 0 1
IGKV9 0 1 1(0:1) 2
IGKV(II) 0 0 11(0:11) 11
Total 33 4 36 73
In the column 'Pseudogene', the number of pseudogenes with V-REGION in-frame and the number of pseudogenes with frameshift(s) are shown separated by two dots, between parentheses.

Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGKJ genes

The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGK locus on chromosome 12 comprises 5 IGKJ genes :
  • 4 FUNCTIONAL
  • 0 ORF (Open Reading Frame)
  • 1 PSEUDOGENE

IMGT group IMGT set or subgroup (if any) Functional ORF Pseudogene Total
IGKJ IGKJ1 1 0 0 1
IGKJ2 1 0 0 1
IGKJ3 1 0 0 1
IGKJ4 1 0 0 1
IGKJ5 0 0 1(1:0) 1
Total 4 0 1 5
In the column 'Pseudogene', the number of pseudogenes with V-REGION in-frame and the number of pseudogenes with frameshift(s) are shown separated by two dots, between parentheses.

More information:
Gene table: Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGKV
Gene table: Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGKJ
Locus description: Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGK

Created: 27/06/2023
Last updated: 05/03/2026 09:03
Author: Shamsa Batool

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