1q68
Solution structure of T-cell surface glycoprotein CD4 and Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase LCK fragmentsSolution structure of T-cell surface glycoprotein CD4 and Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase LCK fragments
Structural highlights
FunctionCD4_HUMAN Accessory protein for MHC class-II antigen/T-cell receptor interaction. May regulate T-cell activation. Induces the aggregation of lipid rafts. Evolutionary ConservationCheck, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe T cell coreceptors CD4 and CD8 both associate via their cytoplasmic tails with the N-terminus of the Src-family tyrosine kinase Lck. These interactions require zinc and are critical for T cell development and activation. We examined the folding and solution structures of ternary CD4-Lck-Zn2+ and CD8alpha-Lck-Zn2+ complexes. The coreceptor tails and the Lck N-terminus are unstructured in isolation but assemble in the presence of zinc to form compactly folded heterodimeric domains. The cofolded complexes have similar "zinc clasp" cores that are augmented by distinct structural elements. A dileucine motif required for clathrin-mediated endocytosis of CD4 is masked by Lck. A zinc clasp structure tethers Lck to T cell coreceptors CD4 and CD8.,Kim PW, Sun ZY, Blacklow SC, Wagner G, Eck MJ Science. 2003 Sep 19;301(5640):1725-8. PMID:14500983[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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