Table 1.

Characteristics of the selected peptides encoded by immunoglobulin genes.

Peptide	Locus	Gene	Amino acid sequence	Hydrophobicitya	pI	M.M.	Net charge
L12P	Lambda	IGLJ1	LCLRNWDQGHRP	0*0+*0-*0++0	8.26	1494.7	2+
W12K	Kappa	IGKJ1	WTFGQGTKVEIK	0*00*0*+0-0+	8.59	1393.7	+
G10S	Heavy	IGHD2-15	GYCSGGSCYS	00**00**0*	5.51	983.2	0
L18R	Heavy	IGHJ2	LLVLRSLGPWHPGHCLLR	0000+*0000+00+*00+	10.35	2068.1	4+

^a0: hydrophobic, *polar, +, and −: positively charged and negatively charged residues; pI: isoelectric point; M.M.: molecular mass (Daltons).