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NATURE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 1, Issue 4, Pages 322-328Publisher
NATURE AMERICA INC
DOI: 10.1038/79774
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI42953] Funding Source: Medline
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The T cell receptor (TCR) zeta subunit contains three immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) that translate effective extracellular ligand binding into intracellular signals by becoming phosphorylated into 21- and 23-kD forms. We report here that the 21-kD form of TCR zeta is generated by phosphorylation of the tyrosines in the second and third ITAMs, whereas the 23-kD form is formed by the additional phosphorylation of the membrane-proximal ITAM tyrosines. The stable formation of the 21- and 23-kD species requires the binding of the tandem SH2 domains of ZAP-70. We also report that TCR-mediated signaling processes can proceed independently of either the 21- or 23-kD species of TCR zeta.
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