Thymic stromal lymphopoietin
Details
- Name
- Thymic stromal lymphopoietin
- Synonyms
- Not Available
- Gene Name
- TSLP
- Organism
- Humans
- Amino acid sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0052764|Thymic stromal lymphopoietin MFPFALLYVLSVSFRKIFILQLVGLVLTYDFTNCDFEKIKAAYLSTISKDLITYMSGTKS TEFNNTVSCSNRPHCLTEIQSLTFNPTAGCASLAKEMFAMKTKAALAIWCPGYSETQINA TQAMKKRRKRKVTTNKCLEQVSQLQGLWRRFNRPLLKQQ
- Number of residues
- 159
- Molecular Weight
- 18141.13
- Theoretical pI
- Not Available
- GO Classification
- Functionscytokine activity / interleukin-7 receptor bindingProcessesantimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide / defense response to fungus / defense response to Gram-negative bacterium / negative regulation of apoptotic process / positive regulation of cell population proliferation / positive regulation of chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 1 production / positive regulation of chemokine production / positive regulation of cytokine-mediated signaling pathway / positive regulation of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor production / positive regulation of inflammatory response / positive regulation of interleukin-10 production / positive regulation of interleukin-13 production / positive regulation of interleukin-5 production / positive regulation of interleukin-6 production / positive regulation of mast cell activation / positive regulation of receptor signaling pathway via STAT / positive regulation of tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT proteinComponentsextracellular region / extracellular space
- General Function
- Isoform 1 Cytokine that induces the release of T-cell-attracting chemokines from monocytes and, in particular, enhances the maturation of CD11c(+) dendritic cells. Can induce allergic inflammation by directly activating mast cells.
- Specific Function
- Cytokine activity
- Pfam Domain Function
- TSLP (PF15216)
- Transmembrane Regions
- Not Available
- Cellular Location
- Secreted
- Gene sequence
>lcl|BSEQ0052765|Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) ATGTTCCCTTTTGCCTTACTATATGTTCTGTCAGTTTCTTTCAGGAAAATCTTCATCTTA CAACTTGTAGGGCTGGTGTTAACTTACGACTTCACTAACTGTGACTTTGAGAAGATTAAA GCAGCCTATCTCAGTACTATTTCTAAAGACCTGATTACATATATGAGTGGGACCAAAAGT ACCGAGTTCAACAACACCGTCTCTTGTAGCAATCGGCCACATTGCCTTACTGAAATCCAG AGCCTAACCTTCAATCCCACCGCCGGCTGCGCGTCGCTCGCCAAAGAAATGTTCGCCATG AAAACTAAGGCTGCCTTAGCTATCTGGTGCCCAGGCTATTCGGAAACTCAGATAAATGCT ACTCAGGCAATGAAGAAGAGGAGAAAAAGGAAAGTCACAACCAATAAATGTCTGGAACAA GTGTCACAATTACAAGGATTGTGGCGTCGCTTCAATCGACCTTTACTGAAACAACAGTAA
- Chromosome Location
- 5
- Locus
- 5q22.1
- External Identifiers
Resource Link UniProtKB ID Q969D9 UniProtKB Entry Name TSLP_HUMAN HGNC ID HGNC:30743 - General References
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