CD247
Encyclopedia
T-cell surface glycoprotein CD3 zeta chain also known as T-cell receptor T3 zeta chain or CD247 (Cluster of Differentiation 247) is a protein
Protein
Proteins are biochemical compounds consisting of one or more polypeptides typically folded into a globular or fibrous form, facilitating a biological function. A polypeptide is a single linear polymer chain of amino acids bonded together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of...

 that in humans is encoded by the CD247 gene
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...

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Genomics

The gene is located on the long arm of chromosome 1  at location 1q22-q25 on the Crick (negative) strand. The gene is 87,896 bases in length. The encode protein is 164 amino acids long with a predicted weight of 18.696 kiloDaltons
Daltons
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Function

T-cell receptor
T cell receptor
The T cell receptor or TCR is a molecule found on the surface of T lymphocytes that is responsible for recognizing antigens bound to major histocompatibility complex molecules...

 zeta, together with T-cell receptor alpha/beta and gamma/delta heterodimers and CD3-gamma, -delta, and -epsilon, forms the T-cell receptor-CD3 complex. The zeta chain plays an important role in coupling antigen recognition to several intracellular signal-transduction pathways. Low expression of the antigen results in impaired immune response. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene.

Interactions

CD247 has been shown to interact
Protein-protein interaction
Protein–protein interactions occur when two or more proteins bind together, often to carry out their biological function. Many of the most important molecular processes in the cell such as DNA replication are carried out by large molecular machines that are built from a large number of protein...

 with Janus kinase 3
Janus kinase 3
Tyrosine-protein kinase JAK3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the JAK3 gene.Since JAK3 expression is restricted mostly to hematopoietic cells, its role in cytokine signaling is thought to be more restricted than other JAKs. It is most commonly expressed in T cells and NK cells, but has...

 and Protein unc-119 homolog
Protein unc-119 homolog
Protein unc-119 homolog A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the UNC119 gene.-Interactions:Protein unc-119 homolog has been shown to interact with Lck, ARL3, ARL2, LYN, Interleukin 5 receptor alpha subunit, CD247, CD4 and FYN....

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