title: Cloning and characterization of the 2B4 gene encoding a molecule associated with non-MHC-restricted killing mediated by activated natural killer cells and T cells.
abstract: We have recently described a signal transducing molecule, 2B4, expressed on all NK and T cells that mediate non-MHC-restricted killing. The gene encoding this molecule was cloned and its nucleotide sequence determined. The encoded protein of 398 amino acids has a leader peptide of 18 amino acids and a transmembrane region of 24 amino acids. The predicted protein has eight N-linked glycosylation sites, suggesting that it is highly glycosylated. Comparison of 2B4 with sequences in the databanks indicates that 2B4 is a member of Ig supergene family, and it shows homology to murine and rat CD48 and human LFA-3. Northern blot analysis has shown at least three transcripts for 2B4 in adherent lymphokine-activated killer cells of several mouse strains and TCR-gamma/delta dendritic epidermal T cell lines but not in allospecific T cell clones. These three mRNA are the products of differential splicing of heterogeneous nuclear RNA. Southern blot analysis of genomic DNA from several mouse strains revealed that 2B4 belongs to a family of closely related genes. The 2B4 gene has been mapped to mouse chromosome 1 by analysis of 2B4 expression in recombinant inbred mouse strains.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 75235.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Garni-Wagner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Land
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takashima
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stoneman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000071176:Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; C084093:CD244 protein, human; C490008:Cd244 protein, rat; C490007:Cd244a protein, mouse; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D000071176:Signaling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule Family