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A Newly Identified Member of the Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily with a Wide Tissue Distribution and Involvement in Lymphocyte Activation
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- Issue Date
- 1997-05
- Citation
- J. Bio. Chem. 272,14272-14276
- Abstract
- The tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) superfamily
consists of approximately 10 characterized members
of human proteins. We have identified a new member of
the TNFR superfamily, TR2, from a search of an expressed
sequence tag data base. cDNA cloning and
Northern blot hybridization demonstrated multiple
mRNA species, of which a 1.7-kilobase form was most
abundant. However, TR2 is encoded by a single gene
which, maps to chromosome 1p36.22–36.3, in the same
region as several other members of the TNFR superfamily.
The most abundant TR2 open reading frame encodes
a 283-amino acid single transmembrane protein with a
36-residue signal sequence, two perfect and two imperfect
TNFR-like cysteine-rich domains, and a short cytoplasmic
tail with some similarity to 4–1BB and CD40.
TR2 mRNA is expressed in multiple human tissues and
cell lines and shows a constitutive and relatively high
expression in peripheral blood T cells, B cells, and
monocytes. A TR2-Fc fusion protein inhibited a mixed
lymphocyte reaction-mediated proliferation suggesting
that the receptor and/or its ligand play a role in T cell
stimulation.
- ISSN
- 0021-9258
- Language
- English
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