Human CD3 delta/CD3d Alexa Fluor® 488-conjugated Antibody

Applications

Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application. General Protocols are available in the Technical Information section on our website.

Preparation and Storage

Background: CD3 delta/CD3d

CD3d, also known as CD3 delta and T3D, is a single-pass type I membrane protein. CD3 delta/CD3d is part of the T-cell receptor/CD3 complex (TCR/CD3 complex) and is involved in T-cell development and signal transduction (1). The encoded membrane protein represents the delta subunit of the CD3 complex, and along with four other CD3 subunits, binds either TCR alpha/beta or TCR gamma/delta to form the TCR/CD3 complex on the surface of T cells (2). CD3 delta/CD3d contains an 84 amino acid extracellular domain, a 21 amino acid transmembrane domain, and a 45 amino acid cytoplasmic domain. Human CD3 delta/CD3d shares 89%, 61%, and 57% sequence identity in its extracellular domain with its cynomolgus monkey, rat, and mouse homologs, respectively. CD3 delta/CD3d, like other subunit members CD3G and CD3E of the TCR-CD3 complex, contains an extracellular Ig domain and a single immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (3, 4). Defects in CD3 delta/CD3d cause severe combined immunodeficiency autosomal recessive T-cell-negative/B-cell-positive/NK-cell-positive (T-/B+/NK+ SCID) which is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare congenital disorders characterized by impairment of both humoral and cell-mediated immunity, leukopenia, and low or absent antibody levels (5, 6).

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Related Research Areas

• ITIM/ITAM Immunoreceptors and Related Molecules
• Regulatory T Cells (Tregs)
• T Cell Antigen Recognition