FCAR

FCAR
Available structures
PDBHuman UniProt search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases FCAR, CD89, CTB-61M7.2, FcalphaRI, Fc fragment of IgA receptor
External IDs HomoloGene: 48064 GeneCards: FCAR
RNA expression pattern


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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

2204

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Ensembl

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UniProt

P24071

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RefSeq (mRNA)

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Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 54.87 – 54.89 Mb n/a
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Wikidata
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Fc fragment of IgA receptor (FCAR) also known as CD89 (Cluster of Differentiation 89), is a human gene.[2]

Function

This gene is a member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily and encodes a receptor for the Fc region of IgA. The receptor is a transmembrane glycoprotein present on the surface of myeloid lineage cells such as neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, and eosinophils, where it mediates immunologic responses to pathogens. It interacts with IgA-opsonized targets and triggers several immunologic defense processes, including phagocytosis, antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity, and stimulation of the release of inflammatory mediators. Alternative splicing of the transcript from this gene produces ten mRNA variants encoding different isoforms.[2]

Interactions

FCAR has been shown to interact with FCGR1A.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: FCAR Fc fragment of IgA, receptor for".
  3. Morton HC, van den Herik-Oudijk IE, Vossebeld P, Snijders A, Verhoeven AJ, Capel PJ, van de Winkel JG (December 1995). "Functional association between the human myeloid immunoglobulin A Fc receptor (CD89) and FcR gamma chain. Molecular basis for CD89/FcR gamma chain association". J. Biol. Chem. 270 (50): 29781–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.50.29781. PMID 8530370.

Further reading

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