Term Information

Accession

GO:0042101

Ontology

cellular component

Synonyms

related: TCR

exact: T lymphocyte receptor complex

exact: T-cell receptor complex

exact: T-lymphocyte receptor complex

Definition

A protein complex that contains a disulfide-linked heterodimer of T cell receptor (TCR) chains, which are members of the immunoglobulin superfamily, and mediates antigen recognition, ultimately resulting in T cell activation. The TCR heterodimer is associated with the CD3 complex, which consists of the nonpolymorphic polypeptides gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, and, in some cases, eta (an RNA splice variant of zeta) or Fc epsilon chains. [source: GOC:mah, ISBN:0781735149]

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• T_cell_receptor

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