Journal
FEBS OPEN BIO
Volume 11, Issue 7, Pages 1827-1840Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13214
Keywords
calcium; CD23; CTLD; Fc epsilon RII; IgE; immunoglobulin E
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- Medical Research Council (UK) [G1100090]
- Centre for Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Kings College London
- Wellcome Trust [085944]
- MRC [G1100090] Funding Source: UKRI
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This study provides insights into the evolutionary differences between murine and human CD23, as well as highlighting some of the functional variances between CD23 in different species.
Immunoglobulin E (IgE) is a central regulatory and triggering molecule of allergic immune responses. IgE's interaction with CD23 modulates both IgE production and functional activities.CD23 is a noncanonical immunoglobulin receptor, unrelated to receptors of other antibody isotypes. Human CD23 is a calcium-dependent (C-type) lectin-like domain that has apparently lost its carbohydrate-binding capability. The calcium-binding site classically required for carbohydrate binding in C-type lectins is absent in human CD23 but is present in the murine molecule. To determine whether the absence of this calcium-binding site affects the structure and function of human CD23, CD23 mutant proteins with increasingly murine-like sequences were generated. Restoration of the calcium-binding site was confirmed by NMR spectroscopy, and structures of mutant human CD23 proteins were determined by X-ray crystallography, although no electron density for calcium was observed. This study offers insights into the evolutionary differences between murine and human CD23 and some of the functional differences between CD23 in different species.
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