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Potential germline repertoire: Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGHV, IGHD and IGHJ genes on chromosome 15



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

The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGH locus on chromosome 15 comprises 177 IGHV genes belonging to 7 IGHV subgroups and 4 clans :
  • 59 FUNCTIONAL
  • 7 ORF (Open Reading Frame)
  • 111 PSEUDOGENE
IMGT group IMGT subgroup Functional ORF Pseudogene Total
IGHV IGHV1 6 3 15(8:7) 24
IGHV2 4 1 0 5
IGHV3 30 2 37(19:18) 69
IGHV4 16 0 2(2:0) 18
IGHV5 2 0 1(1:0) 3
IGHV7 1 1 3(2:1) 5
IGHV8 0 0 2(1:1) 2
IGHV(I) 0 0 1(0:1) 1
IGHV(II) 0 0 30(0:30) 30
IGHV(III) 0 0 19(0:19) 19
IGHV(IV) 0 0 1(0:1) 1
Total 59 7 111 177
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) IGHD genes

The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGH locus on chromosome 15 comprises 31 IGHD genes :
  • 19FUNCTIONAL
  • 12ORF (Open Reading Frame)
  • 0 PSEUDOGENE
IMGT group IMGT set or subgroup (if any) Functional ORF Pseudogene Total
IGHD IGHD1 5 1 0 6
IGHD2 2 2 0 4
IGHD3 5 0 0 5
IGHD4 1 4 0 5
IGHD5 1 4 0 5
IGHD6 4 1 0 5
IGHD7 1 0 0 1
Total 19 12 0 31

Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGHJ genes

The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGH locus on chromosome 15 comprises 9 IGHJ genes :
  • 3 FUNCTIONAL
  • 4 ORF (Open Reading Frame)
  • 2 PSEUDOGENE

IMGT group IMGT set or subgroup (if any) Functional ORF Pseudogene Total
IGHJ IGHJ1 0 0 1 1
IGHJ2 1 0 0 1
IGHJ3 0 1 0 1
IGHJ4 0 1 0 1
IGHJ5 1 0 0 1
IGHJ6 1 0 0 1
IGHJ7 0 1 0 1
IGHJ8 0 0 1 1
IGHJ9 0 1 0 1
Total 3 4 2 9

More information:
Gene table: Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGHV
Gene table: Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGHD
Gene table: Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGHJ
Locus description: Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) IGH

Created: 23/08/2023
Last updated: 06/03/2026 14:03
Author: Shamsa Batool

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