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CD34; hematopoietic progenitor cell antigen CD34 (CD34)

Function: - endothelial cell receptor that binds to L-selectin on neutrophils during adhesion process - possible adhesion molecule with a role in early hematopoiesis by mediating the attachment of stem cells to bone marrow extracellular matrix or directly to stromal cells - could act as a scaffold for attachment of lineage specific glycans, allowing stem cells to bind to lectins expressed by stromal cells or other marrow components - presents carbohydrate ligands to selectins - phosphorylated on serine residues by PKC Structure: - highly glycosylated - belongs to the CD34 family Compartment: cell membrane, cell surface Alternative splicing: named isoforms=2 Expression: - selectively expressed on hematopoietic progenitor cells & vascular endothelial cells - expressed on early hematopoietic progenitor cells Pathology: - expressed in: a) leukemic blasts, 40% AML, 75% pre-B ALL, most AML-M7 b) vascular neoplasms c) hemangiopericytomas ~50% d) epithelioid sarcomas e) dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans f) solitary fibrous tumors g) nuchal fibromas h) spindle cell lipoma i) neurofibromas j) schwannomas k) malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (variable) l) gastrointestinal stromal tumors m) granulocytic sarcomas n) Kaposi's sarcoma

Related

CD34 Ag in tissue CD34 cells in specimen CD34+coagulation factor XIII Ag in tissue

General

cluster-of-differentiation antigen; cluster designation antigen; CD antigen glycoprotein phosphoprotein

Properties

SIZE: entity length = 385 aa MW = 41 kD COMPARTMENT: cellular membrane MOTIF: signal sequence {1-31} N-glycosylation site {N36} N-glycosylation site {N51} N-glycosylation site {N55} N-glycosylation site {N85} N-glycosylation site {N107} N-glycosylation site {N126} N-glycosylation site {N142} N-glycosylation site {N194} N-glycosylation site {N249} transmembrane domain {291-311} Tyr phosphorylation site {Y329} Tyr phosphorylation site {Y339}

Database Correlations

OMIM 142230 UniProt P28906 Pfam PF06365 Entrez Gene 947 Kegg hsa:947

References

  1. Fackler MJ, Civin CI, Sutherland DR, Baker MA, May WS. Activated protein kinase C directly phosphorylates the CD34 antigen on hematopoietic cells. J Biol Chem. 1990 Jul 5;265(19):11056-61. PMID: 1694174
  2. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 353
  3. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/cdmarkers.html 15 October 2002
  4. Entrez Gene :accession 947
  5. UniProt :accession P28906
  6. Wikipedia; Note: CD34 entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD34