InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Homo sapiens Protein: SIGLEC7

Summary

InnateDB Protein

IDBP-65682.7

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

SIGLEC7

Protein Name

sialic acid binding Ig-like lectin 7

Synonyms

Species

Homo sapiens

Ensembl Protein

ENSP00000306757

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-65680 (SIGLEC7)

Protein Structure

UniProt Annotation

Function

Putative adhesion molecule that mediates sialic-acid dependent binding to cells. Preferentially binds to alpha-2,3- and alpha-2,6-linked sialic acid. Also binds disialogangliosides (disialogalactosyl globoside, disialyl lactotetraosylceramide and disialyl GalNAc lactotetraoslylceramide). The sialic acid recognition site may be masked by cis interactions with sialic acids on the same cell surface. In the immune response, may act as an inhibitory receptor upon ligand induced tyrosine phosphorylation by recruiting cytoplasmic phosphatase(s) via their SH2 domain(s) that block signal transduction through dephosphorylation of signaling molecules. Mediates inhibition of natural killer cells cytotoxicity. May play a role in hemopoiesis. Inhibits differentiation of CD34+ cell precursors towards myelomonocytic cell lineage and proliferation of leukemic myeloid cells (in vitro). {ECO:0000269PubMed:10611343}.

Subcellular Localization

Membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.

Disease Associations

Tissue Specificity

Predominantly expressed by resting and activated natural killer cells and at lower levels by granulocytes and monocytes. High expression found in placenta, liver, lung, spleen, and peripheral blood leukocytes.

Comments

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 4 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.

Experimentally validated
Total	4 [view]
Protein-Protein	4 [view]
Protein-DNA	0
Protein-RNA	0
DNA-DNA	0
RNA-RNA	0
DNA-RNA	0

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

Accession	GO Term
GO:0004872	receptor activity
GO:0005515	protein binding
GO:0030246	carbohydrate binding

Biological Process

GO:0007155	cell adhesion
GO:0045087	innate immune response (InnateDB)

Cellular Component

GO:0005887

integral component of plasma membrane

Protein Structure and Domains

PDB ID

InterPro

IPR003598 Immunoglobulin subtype 2
IPR003599 Immunoglobulin subtype
IPR007110 Immunoglobulin-like domain
IPR013098 Immunoglobulin I-set
IPR013106 Immunoglobulin V-set domain

PFAM

PF07679
PF07686

PRINTS

PIRSF

SMART

SM00408
SM00409

TIGRFAMs

Post-translational Modifications

Modification

Cross-References

SwissProt

Q9Y286