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Immunoglobulin (Ig)-like variable (V) domain of the Signal-Regulatory Protein (SIRP) The members here are composed of the immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of the Signal-Regulatory Protein (SIRP). The SIRPs belong to the "paired receptors" class of membrane proteins that comprise several genes coding for proteins with similar extracellular regions, but very different transmembrane/cytoplasmic regions with different (activating or inhibitory) signaling potentials. They are commonly on NK cells, but are also on many myeloid cells. Their extracellular region contains three immunoglobulin superfamily domains, a single V-set, and two C1-set IgSF domains. Their cytoplasmic tails that contain either ITIMs or transmembrane regions have positively charged residues that allow an association with adaptor proteins, such as DAP12/KARAP, containing ITAMs. There are 3 distinct SIRP members: alpha, beta, and gamma. SIRP alpha (also known as CD172a or SRC homology 2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase substrate 1/Shps-1) is a membrane receptor that interacts with a ligand CD47 expressed on many cells and gives an inhibitory signal through immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motifs in the cytoplasmic region that interact with phosphatases SHP-1 and SHP-2. SIRP beta has a short cytoplasmic region and associates with a transmembrane adapter protein DAP12 containing immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs to give an activating signal. SIRP gamma contains a very short cytoplasmic region lacking obvious signaling motifs, but also binds CD47 with much less affinity. Members of this group contain standard Ig superfamily V-set AGFCC'C"/DEB domain topology. |
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