Structural highlights 
| 2aw2 is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Human. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. 
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| Ligands: | , , | 
| Related: | 1xau, 1jma | 
| Gene: | BTLA (HUMAN), TNFRSF14, HVEA, HVEM (HUMAN) | 
| Resources: | FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum | 
  Function 
[BTLA_HUMAN] Lymphocyte inhibitory receptor which inhibits lymphocytes during immune response.[1]  [TNR14_HUMAN] Receptor for BTLA. Receptor for TNFSF14/LIGHT and homotrimeric TNFSF1/lymphotoxin-alpha. Involved in lymphocyte activation. Plays an important role in HSV pathogenesis because it enhanced the entry of several wild-type HSV strains of both serotypes into CHO cells, and mediated HSV entry into activated human T-cells.[2]  
  Evolutionary Conservation 
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  Publication Abstract from PubMed 
Five CD28-like proteins exert positive or negative effects on immune cells. Only four of these five receptors interact with members of the B7 family. The exception is BTLA (B and T lymphocyte attenuator), which instead interacts with the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member HVEM (herpes virus entry mediator). To better understand this interaction, we determined the 2.8-A crystal structure of the BTLA-HVEM complex. This structure shows that BTLA binds the N-terminal cysteine-rich domain of HVEM and employs a unique binding surface compared with other CD28-like receptors. Moreover, the structure shows that BTLA recognizes the same surface on HVEM as gD (herpes virus glycoprotein D) and utilizes a similar binding motif. Light scattering analysis demonstrates that the extracellular domain of BTLA is monomeric and that BTLA and HVEM form a 1:1 complex. Alanine-scanning mutagenesis of HVEM was used to further define critical binding residues. Finally, BTLA adopts an immunoglobulin I-set fold. Despite structural similarities to other CD28-like members, BTLA represents a unique co-receptor.
Attenuating lymphocyte activity: the crystal structure of the BTLA-HVEM complex.,Compaan DM, Gonzalez LC, Tom I, Loyet KM, Eaton D, Hymowitz SG J Biol Chem. 2005 Nov 25;280(47):39553-61. Epub 2005 Sep 16. PMID:16169851[3]
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 See Also
  References 
- ↑ Watanabe N, Gavrieli M, Sedy JR, Yang J, Fallarino F, Loftin SK, Hurchla MA, Zimmerman N, Sim J, Zang X, Murphy TL, Russell JH, Allison JP, Murphy KM. BTLA is a lymphocyte inhibitory receptor with similarities to CTLA-4 and PD-1. Nat Immunol. 2003 Jul;4(7):670-9. Epub 2003 Jun 8. PMID:12796776 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ni944
- ↑ Montgomery RI, Warner MS, Lum BJ, Spear PG. Herpes simplex virus-1 entry into cells mediated by a novel member of the TNF/NGF receptor family. Cell. 1996 Nov 1;87(3):427-36. PMID:8898196 
- ↑ Compaan DM, Gonzalez LC, Tom I, Loyet KM, Eaton D, Hymowitz SG. Attenuating lymphocyte activity: the crystal structure of the BTLA-HVEM complex. J Biol Chem. 2005 Nov 25;280(47):39553-61. Epub 2005 Sep 16. PMID:16169851 doi:10.1074/jbc.M507629200