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Symbol TRB@ contributors: - updated : 26-01-2004
HGNC name T cell receptor beta locus
HGNC id 12155
Location 7q34      Physical location : -
Synonym name
  • T cell receptor beta region, containing 71 variable genes and two clusters of diversity, joining and constant segments, rearranged during thymocyte ontogenesis to produce the beta subunit of the TCR-2 (alpha-beta) T cell receptor
  • Synonym symbol(s) TCRB
    DNA
    TYPE cluster
    SPECIAL FEATURE arranged in tandem
    text also containing six trypsinogen genes embedded in the TRB@ (see map and references)
    STRUCTURE 620.00 kb     0 Exon(s)
    MAPPING cloned Y linked N status confirmed
    Map cen - PRSS3 - TRAV@ -PRSS1 - TRY6 - TRY7 - PRSS2 - TRBV30 - qter
    Authors Rowen (96), Lefranc (03)
    RNA
    TRANSCRIPTS type messenger
    EXPRESSION
    Type
    constitutive of
       expressed in (based on citations)
    organ(s)
    SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    blood / hematopoieticthymus    
    Lymphoid/Immunelymph node    
    tissue
    SystemTissueTissue level 1Tissue level 2LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Lymphoid    
    cells
    SystemCellPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Lymphoid/ImmuneT cell
    cell lineage
    cell lines
    fluid/secretion
    at STAGE
    physiological period embryo, fetal
    Text thymocyte
    PROTEIN
    PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    STRUCTURE
    motifs/domains
  • a large N-terminal extracellular segment, folded into two Ig-like . domains with both ends joined by a disulfide bond, one variable and forming the antigen-binding site, one constant
  • a transmembrane segment (TM1)
  • a short cytoplasmic tail
  • conjugated GlycoP
    mono polymer heteromer , dimer
    HOMOLOGY
    Homologene
    FAMILY immunoglobulin superfamily
    CATEGORY receptor membrane
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     plasma membrane
    basic FUNCTION
  • encoding the T cell receptor, beta chain repertoire
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS immunity/defense
    text cellular immunity
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
  • component of the T cell receptor, type 2, which is a disulfide bound heterodimer of an alpha and a beta chain, associated to the CD3 complex
  • INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule other,
    binding the fragmented antigens, in a MHC restricted way
    protein
    cell & other antigen presenting cell
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS