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Toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7)
Function:
1) innate immune response to microbial agents
2) acts via MyD88 & TRAF6
a) NF-kappa-B activation
b) cytokine secretion
c) inflammatory response
3) binds MyD88 via their respective TIR domains
Structure:
- belongs to the Toll-like receptor family
- contains 27 LRR repeats (leucine-rich repeats)
- contains 1 TIR domain
Compartment: membrane
Expression:
- expressed in brain, placenta, spleen, stomach, small intestine, lung, in plasmacytoid pre-dendritic cells
Pathology:
- gain of function in TLR7 implicated in systemic lupus erythematosus [3]
Genetics:
- X-chromosome linked
General
glycoprotein
leucine-rich repeat-containing protein (LRRC)
phosphoprotein
toll-like receptor
Properties
SIZE: entity length = 1049 aa
MW = 121 kD
COMPARTMENT: cellular membrane
MOTIF: signal sequence {1-26}
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 43-64
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 65-87
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
N-glycosylation site {N66}
N-glycosylation site {N69}
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 110-126
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 127-149
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 151-170
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
N-glycosylation site {N167}
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 171-195
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
N-glycosylation site {N202}
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 203-226
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
N-glycosylation site {N215}
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 228-247
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 248-275
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 289-312
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 314-337
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 339-368
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
N-glycosylation site {N361}
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 369-392
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 396-419
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
N-glycosylation site {N413}
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 421-443
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
N-glycosylation site {N488}
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 492-515
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 516-540
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
N-glycosylation site {N523}
N-glycosylation site {N534}
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 541-564
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 566-588
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
N-glycosylation site {N590}
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 595-618
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 619-644
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 649-672
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 674-697
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
N-glycosylation site {N679}
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 698-721
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
N-glycosylation site {N720}
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 723-745
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 746-769
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
leucine-rich repeat
SITE: 772-795
MOTIF: leucine residue (SEVERAL)
N-glycosylation site {N799}
transmembrane domain {840-860}
TIR domain {889-1036}
MOTIF: Ser phosphorylation site {S1010}
Database Correlations
OMIM 300365
UniProt Q9NYK1
PFAM correlations
Entrez Gene 51284
Kegg hsa:5128
References
- Entrez Gene :accession 51284
- UniProt :accession Q9NYK1
- Brown GJ, Canete PF, Vinuesa CG et al
TLR7 gain-of-function genetic variation causes human lupus.
Nature 2022. 605:349-356 Apr 27
PMID: 35477763 PMCID: PMC9095492 Free PMC article
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04642-z