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Facts about T-cell surface glycoprotein CD8 alpha chain.
Interacts concurrently with the T-cell receptor (TCR) and the MHC class I proteins presented by antigen presenting cells (APCs). Consequently, recruits the Src kinase LCK to the area of the TCR-CD3 complicated.
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Gene Name: | CD8A |
Uniprot: | P01732 |
Entrez: | 925 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
53-6.7 CD8 Alpha; 53-6.7 CD8 Aplha; 53-6.7 CD8; 53-6.7 Clone; 53-6.7; CD8; CD8; CD8a molecule; CD8A; Cytotoxic T cell marker; Cytotoxic T lymphocyte marker; LEU2; p32; T cell marker
Mass (kDA):
25.729 kDA
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Location: | 2p11.2 |
Sequence: | 2; NC_000002.12 (86784605..86808396, complement) |
CD8 on thymus-derived T-cells usually consists of a disulfide-linked alpha/CD8A and a beta/CD8B chain. Less frequently, CD8 can be expressed as a CD8A homodimer. A subset of natural killer cells, memory T-cells, intraepithelial lymphocytes, monocytes and dendritic cells expresses CD8A homo-dimers. Expressed at the cell surface of plasmacytoid dendritic cells upon herpes simplex virus-1 stimulation.
[Isoform 1]: Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. CD8A localizes to lipid rafts only when associated with its partner CD8B.; [Isoform 2]: Secreted.
PMID: 3871356 by Littman D.R., et al. The isolation and sequence of the gene encoding T8: a molecule defining functional classes of T lymphocytes.
PMID: 3936473 by Parnes J.R., et al. Structure of Leu-2/T8 as deduced from the sequence of a cDNA clone.
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