AmiGO 2: Term Details for "B cell receptor complex" (GO:0019815)

Accession: GO:0019815
Name: B cell receptor complex
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: B lymphocyte receptor complex, B-cell receptor complex, B-lymphocyte receptor complex, BCR complex, immunoglobulin complex, membrane bound, B cell receptor accessory molecule complex, antibody
Alternate IDs: GO:0042570
Definition: An immunoglobulin complex that is present in the plasma membrane of B cells and that in its canonical form is composed of two identical immunoglobulin heavy chains and two identical immunoglobulin light chains and a signaling subunit, a heterodimer of the Ig-alpha and Ig-beta proteins. Source: ISBN:0781735149, GOC:add
Comment: Note that an immunoglobulin complex has the function of antigen binding if a suitable antigen is available.
History: See term history for GO:0019815 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
B cell receptor complex	is_a	plasma membrane signaling receptor complex (GO:0098802)
B cell receptor complex	is_a	immunoglobulin complex (GO:0019814)

subject	relation	object
IgG B cell receptor complex (GO:0071737)	is_a	B cell receptor complex
IgM B cell receptor complex (GO:0071755)	is_a	B cell receptor complex
IgD B cell receptor complex (GO:0071740)	is_a	B cell receptor complex
IgE B cell receptor complex (GO:0071744)	is_a	B cell receptor complex
small pre-B-II cell (CL:0000954)	CL:4030046	B cell receptor complex
IgA B cell receptor complex (GO:0071747)	is_a	B cell receptor complex

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