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Tbio
CD8A
T-cell surface glycoprotein CD8 alpha chain

Protein Summary
Description
Integral membrane glycoprotein that plays an essential role in the immune response and serves multiple functions in responses against both external and internal offenses. In T-cells, functions primarily as a coreceptor for MHC class I molecule:peptide complex. The antigens presented by class I peptides are derived from cytosolic proteins while class II derived from extracellular proteins. Interacts simultaneously with the T-cell receptor (TCR) and the MHC class I proteins presented by antigen presenting cells (APCs). In turn, recruits the Src kinase LCK to the vicinity of the TCR-CD3 complex. LCK then initiates different intracellular signaling pathways by phosphorylating various substrates ultimately leading to lymphokine production, motility, adhesion and activation of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs). This mechanism enables CTLs to recognize and eliminate infected cells and tumor cells. In NK-cells, the presence of CD8A homodimers at the cell surface provides a survival mechanism allo ...more
Uniprot Accession IDs
Gene Name
Ensembl ID
  • ENST00000283635
  • ENSP00000283635
  • ENSG00000153563
  • ENST00000352580
  • ENSP00000321631
  • ENST00000409511
  • ENSP00000386559

Symbol
  • MAL
  • CD8
  • p32
  • Leu2
Illumination Graph
Knowledge Table
Most Knowledge About
Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
co-expressed gene
0.82
biological term
0.81
PubMedID
0.75
histone modification site profile
0.71
cell type or tissue
0.7


Protein Classes
No PANTHER Classes or DTO Classes found
IDG Development Level Summary
Tdark

These are targets about which virtually nothing is known. They do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 48262.65   (req: < 5)
Gene RIFs: 91   (req: <= 3)
Antibodies: 4726   (req: <= 50)
Tbio

These targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 48262.65   (req: >= 5)
Gene RIFs: 91   (req: > 3)
Antibodies: 4726   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 11
Tchem

Target has at least one ChEMBL compound with an activity cutoff of < 30 nM - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Ligand: 0
Tclin

Target has at least one approved drug - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Drug: 0