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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

immunoglobulin joining chain [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:96493]

Gene Synonyms

9530090F24Rik, Igj, J chain, Jch

Location

Chromosome 5: 88,667,668-88,675,750 reverse strand.

GRCm39:CM000998.3

About this gene

This gene has 2 transcripts (splice variants), 126 orthologues and is associated with 15 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000087033.6Jchain-2011393159aaENSMUSP00000084259.4
 
Protein coding
CCDS19401P01592 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENSMUST00000164073.3Jchain-2022341No protein-
 
Retained intron
-TSL:2