UniProt functional annotation for O00478

UniProt code: O00478.

Organism: Homo sapiens (Human).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
 
Function: Plays a role in T-cell responses in the adaptive immune response. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22767497}.
 
Subunit: Homodimer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22846996}.
Subcellular location: Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21918970, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22767497}; Single-pass type I membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21918970, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22767497}.
Tissue specificity: Detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and in T-cells (at protein level). Detected in spleen and lymphocytes. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20610803}.
Ptm: N-glycosylated. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19349973, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20610803}.
Similarity: Belongs to the immunoglobulin superfamily. BTN/MOG family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.