Description
Product Characteristics: LAT (Linker for Activation of T cells) is a 36-38 kDa double-palmitoylated transmembrane adaptor protein expressed by T cells, pre-B cells, NK cells, mast cells and platelets. After immunoreceptor triggering, LAT becomes multiply tyrosine-phosphorylated by Syk-, Src-, or Tec-family kinases, providing docking sites for downstream signaling molecules. LAT is essential for TCR-dependent T cell- and FcepsilonRI-dependent mast cell activation, as well as for maturation of early thymocytes. It is also involved in NK cell signaling and platelet activation.
Target Information: The protein encoded by this gene is phosphorylated by ZAP-70/Syk protein tyrosine kinases following activation of the T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) signal transduction pathway. This transmembrane protein localizes to lipid rafts and acts as a docking site for SH2 domain-containing proteins. Upon phosphorylation, this protein recruits multiple adaptor proteins and downstream signaling molecules into multimolecular signaling complexes located near the site of TCR engagement. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]