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B-cell antigen receptor complex-associated protein beta chain

Encoded byCD79BP40259Homo sapiensSwiss-Prot
Clinically validated
Therapeutic maturity
1
Approved medicines
Open Targets target-level
View by indication →
30
Clinical trials
Small-molecule tractable
Druggability
High-Quality Pocket

Protein at a glance

Biological role

Transmembrane signaling receptor

Primary biology

Adaptive immune signalling

Strongest disease association

Agammaglobulinemia

Via encoding gene CD79B · Genetic literature evidence · score 0.76

Therapeutic position

Established drug target

Derived from structured UniProt, Open Targets and literature data on this page.

Protein profile

UniProt 2026_02

Canonical identity and biological annotation from UniProt.

Function overview

Required in cooperation with CD79A for initiation of the signal transduction cascade activated by the B-cell antigen receptor complex (BCR) which leads to internalization of the complex, trafficking to late endosomes and antigen presentation.

View complete UniProt function annotation

Required in cooperation with CD79A for initiation of the signal transduction cascade activated by the B-cell antigen receptor complex (BCR) which leads to internalization of the complex, trafficking to late endosomes and antigen presentation. Enhances phosphorylation of CD79A, possibly by recruiting kinases which phosphorylate CD79A or by recruiting proteins which bind to CD79A and protect it from dephosphorylation

Subcellular location

Cell membrane
Domains and Gene Ontology detail (14)

Domains & features

Ig-like V-typeITAM

Gene Ontology

  • CB cell receptor complex
  • Cexternal side of plasma membrane
  • Cextracellular exosome
  • CIgM B cell receptor complex
  • Cplasma membrane
  • Fidentical protein binding
  • Ftransmembrane signaling receptor activity
  • Padaptive immune response
  • PB cell differentiation
  • PB cell receptor signaling pathway
  • Pimmune response
  • Psignal transduction

229 aa · 26 kDa · 3 isoforms

Biological roles

Reactome v97

What this protein does, drawn together from its UniProt function, Gene Ontology terms and Reactome pathways.

Immune signallingUniProt · GO · Reactome
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Immune signalling

  • ·Required in cooperation with CD79A for initiation of the signal transduction cascade act…
  • ·B cell receptor complex
  • ·IgM B cell receptor complex
  • ·adaptive immune response
View underlying pathways (4)

Concepts derived from UniProt GO Reactome — each badge above shows which sources supported that role.

Interaction neighbourhood

STRING v12.0

Proteins with the strongest functional or physical association. Node size and line weight reflect STRING confidence; hover or select a partner to inspect one association.

CD79ALYNSYKIGLL1VPREB1CD19CXCL9IGLL5BTKIGHDCD79B

10 strongest partners — larger node and heavier line mean higher confidence

Functional and physical associations from STRING v12.0. Only associations with this protein are drawn — partner-to-partner links are not part of this evidence.

Approved medicines with mapped indications

1 medicine · 3 areas

Approved therapies targeting this protein, grouped by what they are approved to treat — the disease-first view of the medicines below. Relationships come from the canonical approved-indication graph (ChEMBL phase-4), the same source as the drug cards.

Lymphoma, B-Cell1 medicine
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse1 medicine
Broader indication categories (1)
Neoplasms1 medicine

Broad umbrella indications (e.g. “Neoplasms”). Shown here because every medicine also appears under a more specific disease above — kept for completeness, de-emphasised for clarity.

Approved indications from ChEMBL (phase-4), via the canonical drug→disease graph.

Drugs targeting this protein

1

How approved and investigational drugs engage this protein — mechanism and action type, direct vs complex targeting, and how broadly each acts across other targets. A drug-first view (the section above groups the approved ones disease-first); direct binders with few recorded targets are listed first.

polatuzumab vedotin
ApprovedBinding agent

B-cell antigen receptor complex-associated protein beta chain binding agent

Indicated for Lymphoma, B-Cell, Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse, Neoplasms

Direct interaction with this protein · 1 of 16 recorded protein targets — broad pharmacology

ChEMBL mechanism, action type, target identity and approved indications. Open Targets clinical status.

Translational evidence

Open Targets 26

Why this target matters therapeutically, strongest evidence first. Disease associations are gene-level (via the gene that encodes this protein) and open into the full confidence synthesis; the development universe, tractability and safety annotations are target-level, from Open Targets.

Strongest disease associations · via encoding gene CD79B

Gene-level evidence surfaced through the gene CD79Bthat encodes this protein — not a direct protein–disease relationship. Ranked by Forefront's causal-directness weighting, so genetically- and clinically-evidenced diseases lead over ones that merely share the literature.

Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
0.86Well supported

Clinical evidence dominant · Open Targets 0.75

Isolated agammaglobulinemia
0.80Well supported

Genetic evidence dominant · Open Targets 0.64

Autosomal agammaglobulinemia
0.69Moderately supported

Genetic evidence dominant · Open Targets 0.47

Neoplasms
0.62Moderately supported

Clinical evidence dominant · Open Targets 0.41

Agammaglobulinemia
0.61Moderately supported

Genetic literature evidence dominant · Open Targets 0.47

View evidence synthesis (5)
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseWell supported
0.86
agreement 0.740.98
Clinical55%Somatic mutation39%Literature6%

Open Targets aggregate 0.75 · 3 independent evidence families

Isolated agammaglobulinemiaWell supported
0.80
agreement 0.680.92
Genetic79%Animal model21%Literature0%Genetic literaturedup

Open Targets aggregate 0.64 · 3 independent evidence families · 1 not counted as duplicate

Autosomal agammaglobulinemiaModerately supported
0.69
agreement 0.560.81
Genetic75%Animal model25%Genetic literaturedup

Open Targets aggregate 0.47 · 2 independent evidence families · 1 not counted as duplicate

NeoplasmsModerately supported
0.62
agreement 0.510.72
Clinical59%Genetic25%Literature16%

Open Targets aggregate 0.41 · 3 independent evidence families

AgammaglobulinemiaModerately supported
0.61
agreement 0.460.77
Genetic literature97%Literature3%

Open Targets aggregate 0.47 · 2 independent evidence families

The evidence agreement range shows how closely the independent evidence families agree — it is not a statistical confidence interval, and nothing here is fitted to outcome data. Derived from Open Targets evidence types under Forefront weighting; the per-type scores above show the calculation.

Show all associations
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse0.75
Isolated agammaglobulinemia0.64
Autosomal agammaglobulinemia0.47
Agammaglobulinemia0.47
B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma0.44
Neoplasms0.41
diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the central nervous system0.39
Primary central nervous system lymphoma0.38
breast diffuse large B-cell lymphoma0.37
Lymphoid neoplasm0.37

Drug development

1 compounds recorded · 1 approved

Open Targets' development universe — every compound recorded against the target at any stage, not all approved medicines. Distinct from the 1 drug that targets this protein in Forefront's canonical graph (1 with a mapped approved indication, shown above): these count different sets and are not a subset relation.

View all recorded compounds (1)
POLATUZUMAB VEDOTINApproval

Open Targets known-drugs universe. Drug name and highest clinical stage only — the disease relationship is NOT read from this slice (it carries trial-context noise); approved indications come from the canonical graph above.

Tractability

Small moleculesEmerging

Feasibility evidence (high-quality pocket) — no clinical-stage drug of this modality recorded.

AntibodiesEmerging

Feasibility evidence (go cc high conf and uniprot loc med conf) — no clinical-stage drug of this modality recorded.

Protein degradersEmerging

Feasibility evidence (database ubiquitination and half-life data) — no clinical-stage drug of this modality recorded.

Other modalitiesStrong

Approved Drug support this modality.

View underlying tractability evidence (8)
SM · High-Quality PocketAB · GO CC high confAB · UniProt loc med confAB · UniProt SigP or TMHMMAB · Human Protein Atlas locPR · Database UbiquitinationPR · Half-life DataOC · Approved Drug

Raw Open Targets tractability assessment buckets, by modality.

Clinical trials

30

Trials of drugs that target this protein — reached indirectly through those drugs, so a trial listed here studies the drug, not the protein. Ranked by active status, then clinical phase and recency, and spread across the targeting drugs.

View all trials (26)

ClinicalTrials.gov via the drug-target graph.

What's happening now

4

Recent therapeutic activity around this target — regulatory actions, clinical trials and safety signals for a drug that targets this protein, plus publications where such a drug is a genuine subject. Every item is reached indirectly through the drug, not the protein itself; incidental mentions (a paper that merely measures a drug) and press items are excluded.

  1. Trial status changed2026-07-20

    A Phase 1b, Open Label, Global, Multicenter, Dose Determination, Randomized Dose Expansion Study to Determine the Maximum Tolerated Dose, Assess the Safety and Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Preliminary Efficacy of Iberdomide (CC-220) in Combination With R-CHOP-21 and CC-99282 in Combination With R-CHOP-21 for Subjects With Previously Untreated Aggressive B-cell Lymphoma

    Status changed to Active, not recruiting · ClinicalTrials.gov · via polatuzumab vedotin

  2. Trial status changed2026-07-17

    A Phase 1b Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety and Anti-cancer Activity of Loncastuximab Tesirine in Combination With Other Anti-cancer Agents in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (LOTIS-7)

    Status changed to Active, not recruiting · ClinicalTrials.gov · via polatuzumab vedotin

  3. New publication2021-12-14
    Polatuzumab Vedotin in Previously Untreated Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma.

    The New England journal of medicine · 2022 · 677 citations · Europe PMC · via polatuzumab vedotin

  4. Regulatory approval2020-01-16

    Approval: Polivy (EMA)

    ema · regulatory · ema · via polatuzumab vedotin

Objective event titles are shown unmodified; the event kind and significance line are derived from structured fields. Forefront AttentionEvent stream aggregating Europe PMC Regulatory filings ClinicalTrials.gov.