Toll-like receptor

Definition

This entry represents toll-like receptors (TLRs), which are key regulators of immune responses. They recognise pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) such as bacterial lipopeptides (TLR1/2/6), bacterial flagellin (TLR5), and lipopolysaccharide (TLR4) PMID:16675322. In higher vertebrates, TLRs are essential not only for sensing microbes by the innate immune system, but also for inducing adaptive immune system responses mediated by B and T cells PMID:9039775. TLRs are expressed at the cell membrane and in subcellular compartments such as the endosome. TLRs are type-I transmembrane proteins with extracellular leucine-rich repeat (LRR) motifs and an intracellular Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) domain. Members of the TLR family contribute both to cell-cell interactions and to signalling, linking extracellular signals to specific gene-expression programmes [[cite:PMID:18227810], [cite:PMID:16822173]]. Binding of ligands to the extracellular domains causes rearrangement of the receptor complexes and triggers the recruitment of specific adaptor proteins to the intracellular TIR domain, leading to nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappaB) activation and initiation of both innate and adaptive immune responses. Signalling by TLRs involves five adaptor proteins known as MyD88, MAL, TRIF, TRAM and SARM PMID:17457343.

6 human proteins with this domain

Each is a reviewed human protein in the Seroatlas serome and a potential autoantibody target; this domain groups them into one antibody-relevant category. Every entry links to its own record.

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• TLR1
• TLR10
• TLR2
• TLR4
• TLR5
• TLR6