Immunoglobulin domain; The members here are composed of the immunoglobulin (Ig) domain found in the Ig superfamily. The Ig superfamily is a heterogenous group of proteins, built on a common fold comprised of a sandwich of two beta sheets. Members of this group are components of immunoglobulin, neuroglia, cell surface glycoproteins, including T-cell receptors, CD2, CD4, CD8, and membrane glycoproteins, including butyrophilin and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan core protein. A predominant feature of most Ig domains is a disulfide bridge connecting the two beta-sheets with a tryptophan residue packed against the disulfide bond. Ig superfamily (IgSF) domains can be divided into 4 main classes based on their structures and sequences: the Variable (V), Constant 1 (C1), Constant 2 (C2), and Intermediate (I) sets. Typically, the V-set domains have A, B, E, and D strands in one sheet and A', G, F, C, C' and C" in the other. The structures in C1-set are smaller than those in the V-set; they have one beta sheet that is formed by strands A, B, E, and D and the other by strands G, F, C, and C'. Moreover, a C1-set Ig domain contains a short C' strand (three residues) and lacks A' and C" strand. Unlike other Ig domain sets, C2-set structures do not have a D strand. Like the V-set Ig domains, members of the I-set have a discontinuous A strand, but lack a C" strand.

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gi 568910474  41 AVVKLDPPWIQVLKEDMVTLMCEGTHNPGNSSTQWFHNWSSIRSQvQSSYTFK-ATVNDSGEYRCQMEQTRLSDPVDLGV 119
Cdd:cd05752    1 AVVSLDPPWTTVFQGEKVTLTCQGFYSPEQNSTQWYHNGTLISST-SSSYRIVaATVNDSGEYRCQTQGSSLSDPVHLEV 79

First immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of Fcgamma-receptors (FcgammaRs), and similar domains; The members here are composed of the first immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of Fcgamma-receptors (FcgammaRs). Interactions between IgG and FcgammaR are important to the initiation of cellular and humoral response. IgG binding to FcgammaR leads to a cascade of signals and ultimately to functions such as antibody-dependent-cellular-cytotoxicity (ADCC), endocytosis, phagocytosis, release of inflammatory mediators, etc. FcgammaR has two Ig-like domains. This group also contains FcepsilonRI which binds IgE with high affinity.

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gi 568910474  41 AVVKLDPPWIQVLKEDMVTLMCEGTHNPGNSSTQWFHNWSSIRSQvQSSYTFK-ATVNDSGEYRCQMEQTRLSDPVDLGV 119
Cdd:cd05752    1 AVVSLDPPWTTVFQGEKVTLTCQGFYSPEQNSTQWYHNGTLISST-SSSYRIVaATVNDSGEYRCQTQGSSLSDPVHLEV 79

Immunoglobulin like; IG domains that cannot be classified into one of IGv1, IGc1, IGc2, IG.

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gi 568910474   129 PQRVFLEGETITLRCH---------SWRNKLLNRIsFFHNEKSVRYHHYKSNFSIPKANHSHSGDYYCKGSLGSTQHQSk 199
Cdd:smart00410   2 PSVTVKEGESVTLSCEasgspppevTWYKQGGKLL-AESGRFSVSRSGSTSTLTISNVTPEDSGTYTCAATNSSGSASS- 79

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gi 568910474   200 PVTITV 205
Cdd:smart00410  80 GTTLTV 85

Immunoglobulin like; IG domains that cannot be classified into one of IGv1, IGc1, IGc2, IG.

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gi 568910474    47 PPWIQVLKEDMVTLMCEGTHNPgNSSTQWFHN----------WSSIRSQVQSSYTFK-ATVNDSGEYRCQ 105
Cdd:smart00410   1 PPSVTVKEGESVTLSCEASGSP-PPEVTWYKQggkllaesgrFSVSRSGSTSTLTISnVTPEDSGTYTCA 69

First immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of Fcgamma-receptors (FcgammaRs), and similar domains; The members here are composed of the first immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of Fcgamma-receptors (FcgammaRs). Interactions between IgG and FcgammaR are important to the initiation of cellular and humoral response. IgG binding to FcgammaR leads to a cascade of signals and ultimately to functions such as antibody-dependent-cellular-cytotoxicity (ADCC), endocytosis, phagocytosis, release of inflammatory mediators, etc. FcgammaR has two Ig-like domains. This group also contains FcepsilonRI which binds IgE with high affinity.

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gi 568910474  41 AVVKLDPPWIQVLKEDMVTLMCEGTHNPGNSSTQWFHNWSSIRSQvQSSYTFK-ATVNDSGEYRCQMEQTRLSDPVDLGV 119
Cdd:cd05752    1 AVVSLDPPWTTVFQGEKVTLTCQGFYSPEQNSTQWYHNGTLISST-SSSYRIVaATVNDSGEYRCQTQGSSLSDPVHLEV 79

First immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of Fcgamma-receptors (FcgammaRs), and similar domains; The members here are composed of the first immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of Fcgamma-receptors (FcgammaRs). Interactions between IgG and FcgammaR are important to the initiation of cellular and humoral response. IgG binding to FcgammaR leads to a cascade of signals and ultimately to functions such as antibody-dependent-cellular-cytotoxicity (ADCC), endocytosis, phagocytosis, release of inflammatory mediators, etc. FcgammaR has two Ig-like domains. This group also contains FcepsilonRI which binds IgE with high affinity.

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gi 568910474 124 LLLQTPQRVFLEGETITLRCHSWRNKLLNRISFFHNEKsvRYHHYKSNFSIPKANHSHSGDYYCKGSLGStqhQSKPVTI 203
Cdd:cd05752    3 VSLDPPWTTVFQGEKVTLTCQGFYSPEQNSTQWYHNGT--LISSTSSSYRIVAATVNDSGEYRCQTQGSS---LSDPVHL 77

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gi 568910474 204 TV 205
Cdd:cd05752   78 EV 79

Immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptors (R), alpha and beta; member of the I-set of IgSF domains; The members here are composed of the immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptors (R), alpha (also known as cluster of differentiation (CD) 140a), and beta (also known as CD140b). PDGF is a potent mitogen for connective tissue cells. PDGF-stimulated processes are mediated by three different PDGFs (PDGF-A,PDGF-B, and PDGF-C). PDGFRalpha binds to all three PDGFs, whereas the PDGFRbeta binds only to PDGF-B. PDGFRs alpha and beta have similar organization: an extracellular component with five Ig-like domains, a transmembrane segment, and a cytoplasmic portion having protein tyrosine kinase activity. In mice, PDGFRalpha and PDGFRbeta are essential for normal development.

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gi 568910474 126 LQTPQRVFLEGETITLRCHSWRNKLLNRISFFHNEKS-----------VRYHHYKSNFSIPKANHSHSGDYYCKGSLGST 194
Cdd:cd05861    7 MEAVKTVVRQGETITLMCIVIGNEVVDLEWTYPGKESgrgiepveefkVPPYHLVYTLTIPSATLEDSGTYECAVTEATN 86

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gi 568910474 195 QHQS-KPVTITV 205
Cdd:cd05861   87 DHQDeKKINITV 98

Immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of human carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) related cell adhesion molecule (CEACAM) domains 2, 4, and 6, and similar domains; The members here are composed of the second, fourth, and sixth immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domains in human carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) related cell adhesion molecule (CEACAM) protein subfamily. The CEA family is a group of anchored or secreted glycoproteins expressed by epithelial cells, leukocytes, endothelial cells, and placenta. The CEA family is divided into the CEACAM and pregnancy-specific glycoprotein (PSG) subfamilies. This group represents the CEACAM subfamily. CEACAM1 has many important cellular functions; it is a cell adhesion molecule and a signaling molecule that regulates the growth of tumor cells, an angiogenic factor, and a receptor for bacterial and viral pathogens, including mouse hepatitis virus (MHV). In mice, four isoforms of CEACAM1 generated by alternative splicing have either two [D1, D4] or four [D1-D4] Ig-like domains on the cell surface.

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gi 568910474  55 EDMVTLMCEGTHNpgNSSTQWFHNWSSIR-------SQVQSSYTF-KATVNDSGEYRCQMEQ---TRLSDPVDLGVI 120
Cdd:cd05740   15 KDAVTLTCEPETQ--NTSYLWWFNGQSLPvtprltlSNGNRTLTLlNVTREDAGAYQCEISNpvsANRSDPVTLDVI 89

Immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain found in Leukocyte Ig-like receptors, Natural killer inhibitory receptors (KIRs) and similar domains; member of Immunoglobulin Constant-2 set of IgSF domains; The members here are composed of the first and second immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domains found in Leukocyte Ig-like receptors (LILRs), Natural killer inhibitory receptors (KIRs, also known as also known as cluster of differentiation (CD) 158), and similar proteins. This group includes LILRB1 (also known as LIR-1), LILRA5 (also known as LIR9), an activating natural cytotoxicity receptor NKp46, the immune-type receptor glycoprotein VI (GPVI), and the IgA-specific receptor Fc-alphaRI (also known as cluster of differentiation (CD) 89). LILRs are a family of immunoreceptors expressed on expressed on T and B cells, on monocytes, dendritic cells, and subgroups of natural killer (NK) cells. The human LILR family contains nine proteins (LILRA1-3, and 5, and LILRB1-5). From functional assays, and as the cytoplasmic domains of various LILRs, for example LILRB1, LILRB2 (also known as LIR-2), and LILRB3 (also known as LIR-3) contain immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifs (ITIMs), it is thought that LIR proteins are inhibitory receptors. Of the eight LIR family proteins, only LILRB1, and LILRB2, show detectable binding to class I MHC molecules; ligands for the other members have yet to be determined. The extracellular portions of the different LIR proteins contain different numbers of Ig-like domains for example, four in the case of LILRB1, and LILRB2, and two in the case of LILRB4 (also known as LIR-5). The activating natural cytotoxicity receptor NKp46 is expressed in natural killer cells, and is organized as an extracellular portion having two Ig-like extracellular domains, a transmembrane domain, and a small cytoplasmic portion. GPVI, which also contains two Ig-like domains, participates in the processes of collagen-mediated platelet activation and arterial thrombus formation. Fc-alphaRI is expressed on monocytes, eosinophils, neutrophils, and macrophages; it mediates IgA-induced immune effector responses such as phagocytosis, antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity and respiratory burst. Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs; also known as CD158 for human KIR) are transmembrane glycoproteins expressed by natural killer cells and subsets of T cells. KIRs are a family of highly polymorphic activating and inhibitory receptors that serve as key regulators of human NK cell function. The KIR proteins are classified by the number of extracellular immunoglobulin domains (2D or 3D) and by whether they have a long (L) or short (S) cytoplasmic domain. KIR proteins with the long cytoplasmic domain transduce inhibitory signals upon ligand binding via an immune tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM), while KIR proteins with the short cytoplasmic domain lack the ITIM motif and instead associate with the TYRO protein tyrosine kinase binding protein to transduce activating signals. The major ligands for KIR are MHC class I (HLA-A, -B or -C) molecules.

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gi 568910474 128 TPQRVFLEGETITLRCHSWRNKLLNRISFFHNEKSVRYHH-----YKSNFSIPKANHSHSGDYYCKGSLGSTQHQ-SKPV 201
Cdd:cd16843    7 EPSSVVPLGENVTIRCQGPPEAVLFQLYKEGNSLSQGTVRekepqNKAEFYIPHMDRNHAGRYRCRYRSGTLWSEpSDPL 86

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gi 568910474 202 TITV 205
Cdd:cd16843   87 ELVV 90

Class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) beta chain immunoglobulin domain of histocompatibility antigen (HLA) I-E; member of the C1-set of Ig superfamily (IgSF) domains; The members here are composed of the Class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) beta chain immunoglobulin domain of histocompatibility antigen (HLA) I-E. Three genetically distinct isotypes of class II MHC molecules are found in humans (HLA-DR, HLA-DQ, and HLA-DP), and two in mice (I-E and I-A). I-A and I-E molecules have the same basic features insofar as peptide loading and presentation, although each interacts with distinctly different sets of peptides. They also differ in that there is a relatively high incidence of deletion of the I-E gene in both inbred strains of mice as well as wild mice and the lack of the reverse situation i.e. the deletion of I-A genes. A detailed structural understanding of the similarities and differences between I-A and the paralogous I-E could help illuminate the respective roles these molecules play in peptide presentation and T cell activation. Mouse I-Ag7 has a genetic susceptibility to autoimmune diabetes due to its small, uncharged amino acid residue at position 57 of their beta chain which results in the absence of a salt bridge between beta 57 and Arg alpha 76, which is adjacent to the P9 pocket of the peptide-binding groove. MHC class II molecules play a key role in the initiation of the antigen-specific immune reponse. These molecules have been shown to be expressed constitutively on the cell surface of professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs), including B-lymphocytes, monocytes, and macrophages in both humans and mice. The expression of these molecules has been shown to be induced in nonprofessional APCs such as keratinocyctes, and they are expressed on the surface of activated human T cells and on T cells from other species. The MHC II molecules present antigenic peptides to CD4(+) T-lymphocytes. These peptides derive mostly from proteolytic processing via the endocytic pathway, of antigens internalized by the APC. These peptides bind to the MHC class II molecules in the endosome before they are transported to the cell surface. MHC class II molecules are heterodimers, comprised of two similarly-sized membrane-spanning chains, alpha and beta. Each chain had two globular domains (N- and C-terminal), and a membrane-anchoring transmembrane segment. The two chains form a compact four-domain structure. The peptide-binding site is a cleft in the structure.

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gi 568910474  68 PGNSSTQWFHNWSSIRSQVQSS-------YTFKA-----TVNDSGE-YRCQMEQTRLSDPV 115
Cdd:cd20998   34 PGNIEVRWFRNGKEEKTGIVSTglvrngdWTFQTlvmleTVPQSGEvYTCQVEHPSLTDPV 94

Second immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain found in Leukocyte Ig-like receptors, Natural killer inhibitory receptors (KIRs) and similar domains; member of Immunoglobulin Constant-2 set of IgSF domains; The members here are composed of the second immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain found in Leukocyte Ig-like receptors (LILRs), Natural killer inhibitory receptors (KIRs, also known as also known as cluster of differentiation (CD) 158), and similar proteins. This group includes LILRB1 (also known as LIR-1), LILRA5 (also known as LIR9), an activating natural cytotoxicity receptor NKp46, the immune-type receptor glycoprotein VI (GPVI), and the IgA-specific receptor Fc-alphaRI (also known as cluster of differentiation (CD) 89). LILRs are a family of immunoreceptors expressed on expressed on T and B cells, on monocytes, dendritic cells, and subgroups of natural killer (NK) cells. The human LILR family contains nine proteins (LILRA1-3, and 5, and LILRB1-5). From functional assays, and as the cytoplasmic domains of various LILRs, for example LILRB1, LILRB2 (also known as LIR-2), and LILRB3 (also known as LIR-3) contain immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motifs (ITIMs), it is thought that LIR proteins are inhibitory receptors. Of the eight LIR family proteins, only LILRB1, and LILRB2, show detectable binding to class I MHC molecules; ligands for the other members have yet to be determined. The extracellular portions of the different LIR proteins contain different numbers of Ig-like domains for example, four in the case of LILRB1, and LILRB2, and two in the case of LILRB4 (also known as LIR-5). The activating natural cytotoxicity receptor NKp46 is expressed in natural killer cells, and is organized as an extracellular portion having two Ig-like extracellular domains, a transmembrane domain, and a small cytoplasmic portion. GPVI, which also contains two Ig-like domains, participates in the processes of collagen-mediated platelet activation and arterial thrombus formation. Fc-alphaRI is expressed on monocytes, eosinophils, neutrophils, and macrophages; it mediates IgA-induced immune effector responses such as phagocytosis, antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity and respiratory burst. Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs; also known as CD158 for human KIR) are transmembrane glycoproteins expressed by natural killer cells and subsets of T cells. KIRs are a family of highly polymorphic activating and inhibitory receptors that serve as key regulators of human NK cell function. The KIR proteins are classified by the number of extracellular immunoglobulin domains (2D or 3D) and by whether they have a long (L) or short (S) cytoplasmic domain. KIR proteins with the long cytoplasmic domain transduce inhibitory signals upon ligand binding via an immune tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM), while KIR proteins with the short cytoplasmic domain lack the ITIM motif and instead associate with the TYRO protein tyrosine kinase binding protein to transduce activating signals. The major ligands for KIR are MHC class I (HLA-A, -B or -C) molecules.

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gi 568910474 125 LLQTPQRVFLEGETITLRCHSwRNKLLNRISFFHNEKSVRYHH---YKSNFSIPKANHSHSGDYYCKGSLGSTQHQ---- 197
Cdd:cd05711    4 LSAHPGPVVPSGENVTLQCHS-RIGFDRFILYKEGRSPLLQFHgsgFQASFPLGPVTPAHAGTYRCYGSYNHSPYEwsap 82

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gi 568910474 198 SKPVTITV 205
Cdd:cd05711   83 SDPLEIVV 90

Immunoglobulin domain; Members of the immunoglobulin superfamily are found in hundreds of proteins of different functions. Examples include antibodies, the giant muscle kinase titin and receptor tyrosine kinases. Immunoglobulin-like domains may be involved in protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions.

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gi 568910474   45 LDPPWIQVLKEDMVTLMCEGTHNP----------GNSSTQWFHNWSSIRSQVQSSYTF-KATVNDSGEYRCQ 105
Cdd:pfam00047   1 SAPPTVTVLEGDSATLTCSASTGSpgpdvtwskeGGTLIESLKVKHDNGRTTQSSLLIsNVTKEDAGTYTCV 72

Third immunoglobulin domain in Cluster of Differentiation (CD) 22; member of the Constant 2 (C2)-set of IgSF domains; The members here are composed of the third immunoglobulin domain in Cluster of Differentiation (CD) 22 (also known as Siglec-2). CD22, a sialic-acid binding immunoglobulin type-lectin (Siglec) family member, is an inhibitory co-receptor of the B-cell receptor (BCR). The inhibitory function of CD22 and its restricted expression on B cells makes CD22 an attractive target against dysregulated B cells that cause autoimmune diseases and B-cell-derived cancers. CD22 plays a vital role in establishing a baseline level of B-cell inhibition, and thus is an important determinant of homeostasis in humoral immunity. Siglecs are primarily expressed on immune cells and recognize sialic acid-containing glycan ligands. Siglecs are organized as an extracellular module composed of Ig-like domains (an N-terminal variable set of Ig-like carbohydrate recognition domains, and 1 to 16 constant Ig-like domains), followed by transmembrane and short cytoplasmic domains. Human Siglecs are classified into two subgroups, one subgroup is comprised of sialoadhesin (Siglec-1), CD22 (Siglec-2), and MAG (Siglec-4, myelin-associated glycoprotein), the other subgroup is comprised of CD33-related Siglecs which include CD33 (Siglec-3) and human Siglecs 5-11. IgSF domains can be divided into 4 main classes based on their structures and sequences: the Variable (V), Constant 1 (C1), Constant 2 (C2), and Intermediate (I) sets. This group belongs to the C2-set of IgSF domains, having A, B, and E strands in one beta-sheet and A', G, F, C' in the other. Unlike other Ig domain sets, the C2-set lacks the D strand.

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gi 568910474  39 PKAVVKLDPPWIQVLKEDMVTLMCE-GTHNPGNSSTQWFHNWSSIRSQVQSSYTFKATVND-SGEYRCQM 106
Cdd:cd20937    1 PKLEIKVTPSDAIVREGDSVTMTCEvSSSNPEYTTVSWLKDGTSLKKQNTFTLNLREVTKDqSGKYCCQV 70