title: Interactions of CD4 with MHC class II molecules, T cell receptors and p56lck.
abstract: CD4 and CD8 are members of the immunoglobulin supergene family of proteins, and function as co-receptors with the T cell receptor (TCR) in binding MHC class II or class I molecules, respectively. Within this multimeric complex, CD4 interacts with three distinct ligands. CD4 interacts through its D1 and D2 domains with MHC class II proteins, through its D3 and D4 domains with T cell receptors, and through its cytoplasmic tail with p56lck, a src-related, protein tyrosine kinase. Each of these interactions is important in the function of CD4 and will be discussed in turn.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Vignali
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Doyle
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kinch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Strominger
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006681:HLA-D Antigens / Q000378:metabolism*; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D019860:Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck); D008961:Models, Structural; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000378:metabolism*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015704:CD4 Antigens; D000939:Epitopes; D006681:HLA-D Antigens; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D019860:Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck)