Target Background
This gene encodes a member of the class B seven-span transmembrane (TM7) subfamily of G-protein coupled receptors. These proteins are characterized by an extended extracellular region with a variable number of N-terminal epidermal growth factor-like domains coupled to a TM7 domain via a mucin-like spacer domain. The encoded protein is expressed mainly in myeloid cells where it promotes cell-cell adhesion through interaction with chondroitin sulfate chains. This gene is situated in a cluster of related genes on chromosome 19. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2012],alternative products:A number of isoforms are produced. A number of isoforms consisting of various number of EGF-like domains seems to exist. A soluble form due to a frameshift which introduced a stop codon immediately before the first TM domain is also detected,domain:Binding to chondroitin sulfate is mediated by the fourth EGF domain.,domain:The GPS domain is necessary, but not sufficient for receptor cleavage, which require the entire extracellular stalk.,function:Receptor probably involved in cell attachment.,PTM:Proteolytically cleaved into 2 subunits, an extracellular alpha subunit and a seven-transmembrane subunit.,similarity:Belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 2 family. LN-TM7 subfamily.,similarity:Contains 1 GPS domain.,similarity:Contains 5 EGF-like domains.,subunit:Forms a heterodimer, consisting of a large extracellular region non-covalently linked to a seven-transmembrane moiety. Interacts with chondroitin sulfate.,tissue specificity:Expression is restricted to myeloid cells. Highest expression was found in peripheral blood leukocytes, followed by spleen and lymph nodes, with intermediate to low levels in thymus, bone marrow, fetal liver, placenta, and lung, and no expression in heart, brain, skeletal muscle, kidney, or pancreas. Expression is also detected in monocyte/macrophage and Jurkat cell lines but not in other cell lines tested.,
