title: Inhibitory receptors, ITIM sequences and phosphatases.
abstract: A diverse group of inhibitory receptors, including FcgammaRII, killer cell inhibitory receptors, and B22, shares an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif (ITIM). Recent studies have shown that this motif, when phosphorylated on tyrosine, forms a docking site for the Src homology 2 recognition domains of the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 and the inositol 5-phosphatase SHIP. A similar motif in cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 recruits the related tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2. These three enzymes act to inhibit signaling cascades resulting from ligation of the BCR, TCR, FcgammaRIII, and FcepsilonRI, although the relative importance of the tyrosine phosphatases and the inositol phosphatase differs depending on the cell type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1 Gustave Levy Place, New York City, NY 10029, USA. junkele@smtplink.mssm.edu
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Unkeless
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000276:immunology*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases