CD79a Proteins

Protein Information

CD79a is a disulphide-linked heterodimer that includes B29 (CD79b) polypeptide. CD79a is a B lymphocyte antigen receptor with an antigen-specific surface component Ig (immunoglobulin) that associates with Ig-alpha and Ig-beta, necessary elements for the expression and function of the B-cell antigen receptor. CD79a first appears at pre-B cell stage and persists until the plasma cell stage where it is found as an intracellular component. CD79a is found in the majority of acute leukemias of precursor B cell type, in B cell lines, B cell lymphomas, and in some myelomas. It is not present in myeloid or T cell lines. Diseases associated with CD79a include Agammaglobulinemia 3 and Agammaglobulinemia, Non-Bruton type.

Synonyms

B-cell antigen receptor; B-cell antigen receptor complex-associated protein alpha chain; B-cell antigen receptor complex-associated protein alpha chain-like; B-cell antigen receptor complex-associated protein alpha-chain; CD79; Cd79a; CD79A antigen (immunoglobulin-associated alpha); CD79a molecule; CD79a molecule, immunoglobulin-associated alpha; CD79A protein; CD79-alpha protein; EGK_10665; Ig alpha; IGA; Igalpha; ig-alpha; immunoglobulin-associated alpha; LOC100913063; Ly54; Ly-54; MB1; MB-1; MB-1 membrane glycoprotein; Membrane-bound immunoglobulin-associated protein; surface IgM-associated protein