Structural highlights
Function
SIRPG_HUMAN Probable immunoglobulin-like cell surface receptor. On binding with CD47, mediates cell-cell adhesion. Engagement on T-cells by CD47 on antigen-presenting cells results in enhanced antigen-specific T-cell proliferation and costimulates T-cell activation.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
CD47 is a widely distributed cell-surface protein that acts a marker of self through interactions of myeloid and neural cells. We describe the high-resolution X-ray crystallographic structures of the immunoglobulin superfamily domain of CD47 alone and in complex with the N-terminal ligand-binding domain of signal regulatory protein alpha (SIRPalpha). The unusual and convoluted interacting face of CD47, comprising the N terminus and loops at the end of the domain, intercalates with the corresponding regions in SIRPalpha. We have also determined structures of the N-terminal domains of SIRPbeta, SIRPbeta(2), and SIRPgamma; proteins that are closely related to SIRPalpha but bind CD47 with negligible or reduced affinity. These results explain the specificity of CD47 for the SIRP family of paired receptors in atomic detail. Analysis of SIRPalpha polymorphisms suggests that these, as well as the activating SIRPs, may have evolved to counteract pathogen binding to the inhibitory SIRPalpha receptor.
Paired receptor specificity explained by structures of signal regulatory proteins alone and complexed with CD47.,Hatherley D, Graham SC, Turner J, Harlos K, Stuart DI, Barclay AN Mol Cell. 2008 Jul 25;31(2):266-77. PMID:18657508[2]
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References
- ↑ Piccio L, Vermi W, Boles KS, Fuchs A, Strader CA, Facchetti F, Cella M, Colonna M. Adhesion of human T cells to antigen-presenting cells through SIRPbeta2-CD47 interaction costimulates T-cell proliferation. Blood. 2005 Mar 15;105(6):2421-7. Epub 2004 Sep 21. PMID:15383453 doi:10.1182/blood-2004-07-2823
- ↑ Hatherley D, Graham SC, Turner J, Harlos K, Stuart DI, Barclay AN. Paired receptor specificity explained by structures of signal regulatory proteins alone and complexed with CD47. Mol Cell. 2008 Jul 25;31(2):266-77. PMID:18657508 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2008.05.026
