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Table 2 The rearranged heavy chain variable segment genes, their functionality, respective germline gene (homology), ratio of mutations leading to amino acid replacement to silent mutations with the number of mutations for the complementarity determining region and the framework region, heavy chain joining segments and CDR3 lengths

From: B lymphocyte involvement in ankylosing spondylitis: the heavy chain variable segment gene repertoire of B lymphocytes from germinal center-like foci in the synovial membrane indicates antigen selection

VH

Gene

Functionality

Germline

Homology (%)

R:S ratio CDR

R:S ratio FR

JH

CDR3 (base pairs)

1

F5-3b6

nf

DP6

97

0

2/0

6

26

 

F5-3a3

pf

DP7

91

4/0

4/4

3

24

 

F5-2c2

pf

DP14

100

0

0

2

30

 

F5-2c6

pf

DP14

99

0

0

6

30

 

2c-3m4b

pf

DP25

89

5/6

3/10

3

39

 

F5-5c6

pf

DP25

92

9/1

4/2

6

39

 

F5-2c4*

pf

DP21

99

0

2/1

1 or 2 or 4

21

 

3a-5m3

pf

DP21

100

0

1/0

5

18

 

F5-3a6

pf

DP10

98

2/0

1/0

6

36

 

5c-4m4

pf

DP10

88

9/2

11/7

4 or 5

18

 

F5-3a2

pf

DP75

97

2/1

3/1

1

27

 

F5-5c1

pf

DP75

98

0/0

2/0

1

30

 

F5-5c2

nf

DP75

96

1/2

2/0

Undetermined

23

 

5c-4m7

pf

DP75

93

6/2

4/4

4

30

2

2c-VH24s

pf

HUMIGVH2e

97

1/1

2/0

4

45

 

5c-VH22s

pf

HUMIGVH2e

99

1/1

0/0

2

36

 

5c-VH26s

pf

HUMIGVH2f

95

2/1

2/5

6

15

3

2c-17m14

pf

DP54

95.5

3/2

4/2

2 or 5

30

 

2c-19m8

pf

DP54

95.5

4/1

3/2

4

12

 

3a-19m6

pf

DP54

95.5

3/0

5/2

4

12

 

3b-18m4

nf

DP54

100

0/0

0/1

3

23

 

5c-21m1

nf

DP54

96.7

5/0

1/0

5 or 6

22

 

2c-18m7

pf

DP47/V3-23

92.4

8/2

2/4

3

30

 

2c-21m2

pf

DP47/V3-23

96.9

3/0

2/2

6

33

 

2c-21m3

pf

DP47/V3-23

90.1

7/6

3/3

6

45

 

3a-19m8

pf

DP47/V3-23

93.3

3/2

6/4

4

24

 

F5-3a21

pf

DP47/V3-23

92.9

2/0

4/2

5 or 6

45

 

5c-19m9

pf

DP47/V3-23

95.5

3/3

4/0

4

33

 

5c-21m5

pf

DP47/V3-23

88.4

10/1

8/6

6

27

 

F5-5c18

pf

DP47/V3-23

91.2

6/1

3/3

3

24

 

3b-17m1

pf

DP46

96.9

2/1

2/1

2

42

 

F5-3b21

pf

DP46

95.9

0/1

1/1

6

21

 

2c-20m10

nf

DP50

85.7

5/2

10/0

5

26

 

3a-16m4

pf

DP50

95.8

4/1

0/3

1

36

 

3b-17m6

pf

DP50

93.3

7/2

4/2

2 or 4

36

 

5c-19m7

nf

DP50

87.8

7/2

5/1

4

31

 

5c-20m8

pf

DP50

91.1

9/3

5/3

5

24

 

2c-17m9

pf

DP49

88.8

3/4

8/10

2

6

 

2c-20m9

pf

DP49

93.8

5/1

6/2

5

24

 

5c-19m4

nf

DP49

94.0

5/3

5/0

4

30

 

2c-20m8

pf

DP51

98.2

0/0

3/1

5

27

 

3b-16m4

pf

DP51

93.3

6/2

4/3

1

27

 

5c-20m6

nf

DP51

90.2

13/2

1/6

5

29

 

2c-19m2

pf

DP31

97.8

2/2

1/0

4

18

 

F5-3a17

pf

DP31

88

5/2

2/1

2

36

 

3a-18m2

pf

DP31

93.6

4/0

2/1

3

12

 

3a-19m2

pf

DP31

97.3

2/1

0/1

4

30

 

2c-18m3

pf

DP35

100

0/0

0/0

3

24

 

2c-19m7

pf

DP35

94.6

4/2

4/2

4

33

 

5c-21m8

nf

DP35

94.6

3/1

0/5

6

31

 

3a-20m7

pf

DP77

88.3

12/2

9/4

5

33

 

F5-5c16

pf

DP77

94.3

4/0

6/2

1

27

 

2c-21m6

nf

DP52

98.2

0/0

2/0

6

25

 

3a-18m5

pf

DP29

89.9

6/1

9/2

3

39

 

5c-21m2

pf

DP53

97.3

3/0

2/1

6

12

4

3a-VH43b

pf

HUMIGHCAK

97

1/2

4/1

3

27

 

5c-VH44a

pf

HUMIGHCAK

95

8/1

3/1

6

24

 

3b-VH45a

pf

DP63

93

4/0

7/4

4

23

 

5c-VH44c

pf

DP63

99

0/1

0/0

4

27

 

5c-VH41a

nf

DP71

99

0/0

3/0

1

12

 

5c-VH42c

pf

HUMIGHCAG

98

1/0

3/0

2

30

 

5c-VH46b

pf

HUMIGHCAG

> 99

1/0

0/0

6

45

5

2c-VH53b

pf

DP73

97

3/0

4/0

3

45

 

2c-VH53c

pf

DP73

95

2/1

8/0

3

48

 

2c-VH54c

pf

DP73

85

12/1

16/6

4

33

 

2c-VH54b

pf

DP73

95

4/1

4/3

4 or 6

39

 

3a-Vh53s

pf

DP73

96

5/0

3/4

3

66

 

3a-VH54s

pf

DP73

100

0/0

0/0

4

36

 

3a-VH56s

nf

DP73

90

13/1

7/0

5 or 6

31

 

3b-VH53s

pf

DP73

95

4/1

5/2

3 or 5

12

  1. pf, Potentially functional; nf, nonfunctional. Referred germline genes: 'DP' [34]; 'HUMIGHCAG' and 'HUMIGHCAK' [35]; 'HUMIGVH2E' [36]. EMBL accession numbers: AJ298233-44, AJ303356-58, AJ306240-68, AJ407969-98. * Identical to F5-3a4, F5-3b4, 5c-4m6.