title: Structure and function of the erythrocyte receptor CD2 on human T lymphocytes: a review.
abstract: The human CD2 molecule is a 50kd surface glycoprotein expressed on greater than 95% of thymocytes and all peripheral T lymphocytes which mediates both adhesion between T cells and their targets, and subsequent T cell activation events. Molecular cloning of human CD2 cDNAs predicts a mature CD2 protein of 327 amino acids, with an extracellular segment of 185 amino acids, a transmembrane domain of 24 amino acids and an intracytoplasmic region of 117 amino acids. Genomic cloning shows that the extracellular segment is encoded by two exons, the transmembrane segment by a single exon and the intracytoplasmic region by a single exon. Expression and biochemical analysis of a soluble extracellular domain CD2 molecule reveal that it expresses native CD2 epitopes and contains a stable 15kd NH2-terminal fragment corresponding to a single exon. Binding analyses of the soluble CD2 molecule indicate that it binds specifically to a known cell-surface ligand for CD2 at a relatively low affinity, thus suggesting that T cell-target adhesion mediated by CD2 and its ligand depends on multimeric attachment between an array of CD2 molecules and their cognate ligands.
authors: Laboratory of Immunobiology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
authors: P H
authors: PH
authors: Sayre
authors: E L
authors: EL
authors: Reinherz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D018968:CD58 Antigens; D004247:DNA; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005091:Exons; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands / Q000378:metabolism; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D012756:Sheep / Q000097:blood; D012995:Solubility; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D018968:CD58 Antigens; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D004247:DNA