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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 281, Issue 46, Pages 35585-35592Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M607511200
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- Intramural NIH HHS Funding Source: Medline
- NCI NIH HHS [K22 CA113705-03, K22 CA113705] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [T32 AI007643] Funding Source: Medline
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are essential for host defense. Although several TLRs reside on the cell surface, nucleic acid recognition of TLRs occurs intracellularly. For example, the receptor for CpG containing bacterial and viral DNA, TLR9, is retained in the endoplasmic reticulum. Recent evidence suggests that the localization of TLR9 is critical for appropriate ligand recognition. Here we have defined which structural features of the TLR9 molecule control its intracellular localization. Both the cytoplasmic and ectodomains of TLR9 contain sufficient information, whereas the transmembrane domain plays no role in intracellular localization. We identify a 14-amino acid stretch that directs TLR9 intracellularly and confers intracellular localization to the normally cell surface-expressed TLR4. Truncation or mutation of the cytoplasmic tail of TLR9 reveals a vesicle localization motif that targets early endosomes. We propose a model whereby modification of the cytoplasmic tail of TLR9 results in trafficking to early endosomes where it encounters CpG DNA.
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