title: The lymphocyte-specific tyrosine protein kinase p56lck.
abstract: The CD4 and CD8 T cell surface antigens are physically associated with the tyrosine protein kinase p56lck. Accumulating data indicate that p56lck transduces intracellular tyrosine protein phosphorylation signals upon engagement of CD4 and CD8 by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) determinants expressed on antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Recent studies show that these p56lck-related phosphorylation events enhance T cell receptor (TCR)-mediated functions and are critical for the proposed co-receptor roles of CD4 and CD8. p56lck is also capable of enhancing antigen receptor responsiveness in the absence of CD4 or CD8 expression, suggesting that it can directly contribute to the TCR-induced tyrosine phosphorylation signal.
authors.affiliation: McGill Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veillette
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caron
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D019860:Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck); D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D014443:Tyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D019860:Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck)