B-cell linker

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BLNK
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Identifiers
Aliases BLNK , AGM4, BASH, BLNK-S, LY57, SLP-65, SLP65, bca, B-cell linker, B cell linker
External IDs OMIM: 604515 MGI: 96878 HomoloGene: 32038 GeneCards: BLNK
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001114094
NM_001258440
NM_001258441
NM_001258442
NM_013314

Contents

NM_008528
NM_001365054

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001107566
NP_001245369
NP_001245370
NP_001245371
NP_037446

NP_032554
NP_001351983

Location (UCSC) Chr 10: 96.19 – 96.27 Mb Chr 19: 40.92 – 40.98 Mb
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B-cell linker (BLNK) protein is expressed in B cells and macrophages and plays a large role in B cell receptor signaling. [5] Like all adaptor proteins, BLNK has no known intrinsic enzymatic activity. [6] Its function is to temporally and spatially coordinate and regulate downstream signaling effectors in B cell receptor (BCR) signaling, which is important in B cell development. [7] Binding of these downstream effectors is dependent on BLNK phosphorylation. [8] [9] BLNK is encoded by the BLNK gene [8] [10] and is also known as SLP-65, [11] BASH, [12] and BCA. [13]

Structure and localization

BLNK consists of a N-terminal leucine zipper motif followed by an acidic region, a proline-rich region, and a C-terminal SH2 domain. [14] [5] The leucine zipper motif allows BLNK to localize to the plasma membrane, presumably by coiled-coil interactions with a membrane protein. [5] This leucine zipper motif distinguishes BLNK from lymphoctye cytosolic protein 2, also known as LCP-2 or SLP-76, which plays a similar role in T cell receptor signaling. [15] Although LCP-2 has an N-terminal heptad-like organization of leucine and isoleucine residues like BLNK, it has not been experimentally shown to have the leucine zipper motif. [16] Recruitment of BLNK to the plasma membrane is also achieved by binding of the SH2 domain of BLNK to a non-ITAM phospho-tyrosine on the cytoplasmic domain of CD79A, which is a part of Igα and the B cell receptor complex. [17] [18] [19]

Function

BLNK's function and interaction shown in a schematic of BCR signaling pathways. BCR antigen recognition activates Src family kinases, including the SYK and BTK tyrosine kinases. Syk then phosphorylates BLNK, which can recruit downstream signaling molecules such as Grb2, PLCG2, Vav and Nck. B cell signalling.png
BLNK’s function and interaction shown in a schematic of BCR signaling pathways. BCR antigen recognition activates Src family kinases, including the SYK and BTK tyrosine kinases. Syk then phosphorylates BLNK, which can recruit downstream signaling molecules such as Grb2, PLCG2, Vav and Nck.

BLNK's function and importance in B cell development were first illustrated in BLNK deficient DT40 cells, a chicken B cell line. [7] DT40 cells had interrupted B cell development: there was no calcium mobilization response in the B cell, impaired activation of the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases p38, JNK, and somewhat inhibited ERK activation upon (BCR) activation as compared to wild type DT40 cells. [7] In knockout mice, BLNK deficiency results in a partial block in B cell development, [20] [21] and in humans BLNK deficiency results in a much more profound block in B cell development. [22] [5]

Linker or adaptor proteins provide mechanisms by which receptors can amplify and regulate downstream effector proteins. [6] BLNK is essential for normal B-cell development as part of the B cell receptor signaling pathway. [supplied by OMIM] [10] [23] [24]

Evidence also suggests that BLNK may have tumor suppressive activity through its interaction with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) [25] [26] and regulation of the pre-B cell checkpoint. [14] [27]

Phosphorylation and interactions

The acidic region of BLNK contains several inducibly phosphorylated tyrosine residues, at least five of which are found in humans. [28] Evidence suggests that BLNK is phosphorylated by the tyrosine-protein kinase Syk after B cell receptor activation. [8] [9] [24] [29] Phosphorylation of these residues provides docking sites necessary for downstream protein-protein interactions between BLNK and the SH2 domain-containing proteins Grb2, [8] [11] [17] [30] PLCG2, Btk, the Vav protein family, and Nck. [31] [9] [8] BLNK has also been shown to interact with SH3KBP1 [32] and MAP4K1. [33] A more recent mass spectrometry study of BLNK in DT40 cells found that at least 41 unique serine, threonine, and tyrosine residues are phosphorylated on BLNK. [34]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">CD22</span> Lectin molecule

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lymphocyte cytosolic protein 2</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">GRAP2</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">SHB (gene)</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">FYB</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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