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Rat and mouse CD94 associate directly with the activating transmembrane adaptor proteins DAP12 and DAP10 and activate NK cell cytotoxicity.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Dec 2011
Saether Per C, Hoelsbrekken Sigurd E, Fossum Sigbjørn, Dissen Erik
Abstract excerpt
Signaling by the CD94/NKG2 heterodimeric NK cell receptor family has been well characterized in the human but has remained unclear in the mouse and rat. In the human, the activating receptor CD94/NKG2C associates with DAP12 by an ionic bond between oppositely charged residues within the transmembrane regions of NKG2C and DAP12. The lysine residue responsible for DAP12 association is absent in rat and mouse NKG2C...
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