CCL21

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Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 21
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsCCL21; 6Ckine; CKb9; ECL; SCYA21; SLC; TCA4
External IDsOMIM: 602737 HomoloGene: 2247 GeneCards: CCL21 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez636618829
EnsemblENSG00000137077ENSMUSG00000094686
UniProtO00585P84444
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_002989NM_011124
RefSeq (protein)NP_002980NP_035254
Location (UCSC)Chr 9:
34.71 – 34.71 Mb
Chr 4:
42.77 – 42.77 Mb
PubMed search

Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 21 (CCL21) is a small cytokine belonging to the CC chemokine family. This chemokine is also known as 6Ckine (because it has six conserved cysteine residues instead of the four cysteines typical to chemokines), exodus-2, and secondary lymphoid-tissue chemokine (SLC).[1][2][3] The gene for CCL21 is located on human chromosome 9. CCL21 elicits its effects by binding to a cell surface chemokine receptor known as CCR7.[4]

References

  1. Hedrick JA, Zlotnik A (1997). "Identification and characterization of a novel beta chemokine containing six conserved cysteines". J. Immunol. 159 (4): 1589–93. PMID 9257816. 
  2. Hromas R, Kim CH, Klemsz M, Krathwohl M, Fife K, Cooper S, Schnizlein-Bick C, Broxmeyer HE (1997). "Isolation and characterization of Exodus-2, a novel C-C chemokine with a unique 37-amino acid carboxyl-terminal extension". J. Immunol. 159 (6): 2554–8. PMID 9300671. 
  3. Nagira M, Imai T, Hieshima K, Kusuda J, Ridanpää M, Takagi S, Nishimura M, Kakizaki M, Nomiyama H, Yoshie O (1997). "Molecular cloning of a novel human CC chemokine secondary lymphoid-tissue chemokine that is a potent chemoattractant for lymphocytes and mapped to chromosome 9p13". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (31): 19518–24. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.31.19518. PMID 9235955. 
  4. Yoshida R, Nagira M, Kitaura M, Imagawa N, Imai T, Yoshie O (1998). "Secondary lymphoid-tissue chemokine is a functional ligand for the CC chemokine receptor CCR7". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (12): 7118–22. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.12.7118. PMID 9507024. 

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