Synonyms:CD247 molecule, CD247, CD3-ZETA, CD3H, CD3Q, CD3Z, ENTREZ:919, HGNC:1677, IMD25, MIM:186780, NM_000734, NM_001378515, NM_001378516, NM_198053, NP_000725, NP_001365444, NP_001365445, NP_932170, T3Z, TCRZ, XM_011510144, XM_011510145, XP_011508446, XP_011508447
Omim:OMIM:186780
Nci:C38902
Id:ENSG00000198821
Hgnc:HGNC:1677
Description:CD247 molecule
The protein encoded by this gene is T-cell receptor zeta, which together with T-cell receptor alpha/beta and gamma/delta heterodimers, and with CD3-gamma, -delta and -epsilon, forms the T-cell receptor-CD3 complex. The zeta chain plays an important role in coupling antigen recognition to several intracellular signal-transduction pathways. Low expression of the antigen results in impaired immune response. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]