Immunoglobulin Kappa Light Chain Component

**Semantic type:** Immunologic Factor

**Definition:** A protein sequence that is a component of immunoglobulin kappa (IGK) light chains. IGK chain proteins are encoded by several families of genes those encoding kappa constant regions (IGKC) and those encoding the hypervariable antigen binding regions, which include the kappa variable and joining gene families (IGKV and IGKJ genes).

**Synonyms:** - IGK Component