Rabbit anti-Human TRAC Polyclonal Antibody

Uniprot Id

P01848

Target Species

Human

Target Name

TRAC

Target Full Name

T cell receptor alpha chain constant

Target Function

Constant region of T cell receptor (TR) alpha chain. Alpha-beta T cell receptors are antigen specific receptors which are essential to the immune response and are present on the cell surface of T lymphocytes. Recognize peptide-major histocompatibility (MH) (pMH) complexes that are displayed by antigen presenting cells (APC), a prerequisite for efficient T cell adaptive immunity against pathogens. Binding of alpha-beta TR to pMH complex initiates TR-CD3 clustering on the cell surface and intracellular activation of LCK that phosphorylates the ITAM motifs of CD3G, CD3D, CD3E and CD247 enabling the recruitment of ZAP70. In turn, ZAP70 phosphorylates LAT, which recruits numerous signaling molecules to form the LAT signalosome. The LAT signalosome propagates signal branching to three major signaling pathways, the calcium, the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase and the nuclear factor NF-kappa-B (NF-kB) pathways, leading to the mobilization of transcription factors that are critical for gene expression and essential for T cell growth and differentiation. The T cell repertoire is generated in the thymus, by V-(D)-J rearrangement. This repertoire is then shaped by intrathymic selection events to generate a peripheral T cell pool of self-MH restricted, non-autoaggressive T cells. Post-thymic interaction of alpha-beta TR with the pMH complexes shapes TR structural and functional avidity.

Target Involvement

Immunodeficiency 7 (IMD7)

Target Subcellular Location

Cell membrane.

Target Research Area

Immunology

Target Synonyms

TRAC; TCRA; T cell receptor alpha constant

Target Background

Enables signaling receptor activity. Involved in T cell mediated cytotoxicity directed against tumor cell target and detection of tumor cell. Part of alpha-beta T cell receptor complex.