Lymphotoxin beta (TNF superfamily, member 3) | |||||||||||||
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Symbols | LTB; TNFC; TNFSF3; p33 | ||||||||||||
External IDs | OMIM: 600978 MGI: 104796 HomoloGene: 1752 GeneCards: LTB Gene | ||||||||||||
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Species | Human | Mouse | |||||||||||
Entrez | 4050 | 16994 | |||||||||||
Ensembl | ENSG00000204487 | ENSMUSG00000024399 | |||||||||||
UniProt | Q06643 | P41155 | |||||||||||
RefSeq (mRNA) | NM_002341.1 | NM_008518.2 | |||||||||||
RefSeq (protein) | NP_002332.1 | NP_032544.1 | |||||||||||
Location (UCSC) | Chr 6: 31.55 – 31.55 Mb |
Chr 17: 35.33 – 35.33 Mb |
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PubMed search | [1] | [2] | |||||||||||
Lymphotoxin-beta (LT-beta) also known as tumor necrosis factor C (TNF-C) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LTB gene.[1][2][3]
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Lymphotoxin beta is a type II membrane protein of the TNF family. It anchors lymphotoxin-alpha to the cell surface through heterotrimer formation. The predominant form on the lymphocyte surface is the lymphotoxin-alpha 1/beta 2 complex (e.g. 1 molecule alpha/2 molecules beta) and this complex is the primary ligand for the lymphotoxin-beta receptor. The minor complex is lymphotoxin-alpha 2/beta 1. LTB is an inducer of the inflammatory response system and involved in normal development of lymphoid tissue. Lymphotoxin-beta isoform b is unable to complex with lymphotoxin-alpha suggesting a function for lymphotoxin-beta which is independent of lympyhotoxin-alpha. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[3]
LTB has been shown to interact with Lymphotoxin alpha.[4][5][6]
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