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CD3E CD3 epsilon subunit of T-cell receptor complex [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 916, updated on 11-Apr-2024

Summary

Official Symbol
CD3Eprovided by HGNC
Official Full Name
CD3 epsilon subunit of T-cell receptor complexprovided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:1674
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000198851 MIM:186830; AllianceGenome:HGNC:1674
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
T3E; TCRE; IMD18; CD3epsilon
Summary
The protein encoded by this gene is the CD3-epsilon polypeptide, which together with CD3-gamma, -delta and -zeta, and the T-cell receptor alpha/beta and gamma/delta heterodimers, forms the T-cell receptor-CD3 complex. This complex plays an important role in coupling antigen recognition to several intracellular signal-transduction pathways. The genes encoding the epsilon, gamma and delta polypeptides are located in the same cluster on chromosome 11. The epsilon polypeptide plays an essential role in T-cell development. Defects in this gene cause immunodeficiency. This gene has also been linked to a susceptibility to type I diabetes in women. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Expression
Biased expression in lymph node (RPKM 92.6), appendix (RPKM 45.9) and 9 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

See CD3E in Genome Data Viewer
Location:
11q23.3
Exon count:
9
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2023_10 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 11 NC_000011.10 (118304730..118316173)
RS_2023_10 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 11 NC_060935.1 (118321077..118332497)
105.20220307 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 11 NC_000011.9 (118175445..118186888)

Chromosome 11 - NC_000011.10Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene myelin protein zero like 3 Neighboring gene BRD4-independent group 4 enhancer GRCh37_chr11:118111758-118112957 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr11:118122400-118122961 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr11:118122962-118123522 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 5587 Neighboring gene myelin protein zero like 2 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 14251 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 5588 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 5589 Neighboring gene BRD4-independent group 4 enhancer GRCh37_chr11:118220212-118221411 Neighboring gene CD3 delta subunit of T-cell receptor complex Neighboring gene CD3 gamma subunit of T-cell receptor complex

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

Expression

  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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HIV-1 interactions

Protein interactions

Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
Envelope surface glycoprotein gp120 env HIV-1 gp120 inhibits CD3-induced Lck activation and cellular tyrosine phosphorylation, particularly of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C-gamma-1 PubMed
env Binding of HIV-1 gp120 to the CD4 receptor molecule results in co-stimulation of CD3-induced T cell activation PubMed
env HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins gp120 and gp160 directly and specifically impair the CD3/TcR-mediated activation of phospholipase C (PLC) via the CD4 molecule in uninfected T cells PubMed
env HIV-1 gp120 induces CD4 association with lymphocyte surface molecules CD3, CD11a, CD27, CD45RA, CD45RB, CD45RO, CD49d, CD38, CD26, CD59, CD95 and class I MHC molecules PubMed
env Treatment of CD4+ T cells with HIV-1 gp120 significantly increases CD4 association with CD3, CD45RA, CD45RB, CD59, CD38, CD26 and HLA class I, and decreases that with CD45RC PubMed
Envelope surface glycoprotein gp160, precursor env HIV-1 gp160 interacts with CD3E; predicted interaction to be relevant to viral egress at plasma membrane/extracellular matrix PubMed
Envelope transmembrane glycoprotein gp41 env Gp41 TMD co-localizes with the CD3-TCR complex and inhibits T-cell activation induced by antibodies to CD3 PubMed
env HIV-1 gp41 peptide (amino acids 581-597) inhibits lymphoproliferation stimulated via the T-cell-activation molecules CD3, CD2, and CD28, as well as via direct stimulation mediated by phorbol ester combined with ionomycin PubMed
Nef nef Production of infectious triple deletion vpr/vpu/nef HIV-1 mutant is suppressed, indicating that Nef may antagonize restriction activity of CD3E against production of infectious wild-type HIV-1 PubMed
nef HIV-1 nef alleles from the great majority of primate lentiviruses, including HIV-2, downregulate TCR-CD3 from infected T cells and thereby block their responsiveness to activation PubMed
nef HIV-1 Nef interacts with CD3 in living cells PubMed
nef HIV-1 Nef impairs the generation of a CD3epsilon(+)CD5(+) CD1a(+) T cell differentiation precursor stage that initiates a D-J rearrangement of the TCRbeta locus PubMed
Pr55(Gag) gag Monocyte-derived macrophages selectively capture and engulf HIV-1-infected CD4+ T cells as HIV-1 Gag interacts with CD3 and Caspase 3 markers, leading to efficient macrophage infection PubMed
gag CD3/28-treated resting CD4+ T cells produce more HIV-1 Gag protein than untreated cells PubMed
gag Interferon-gamma can counteract the inhibitory effect of peptides based on the Capsid protein of HIV-1 Gag on antibody response to SRC PubMed
gag Peptides corresponding to amino acids 218-238 of the Capsid protein of HIV-1 Gag inhibited anti-CD3-induced lymphoproliferation but did not directly affect anti-CD2 activation PubMed
gag Synthetic peptides corresponding to amino acids 218-238 of the Capsid protein of HIV-1 Gag have been shown to inhibit in a dose dependent manner the induction of a specific antibody response to the sheep red cell (SRC) antigen through the T3-Ti complex PubMed
Tat tat HIV-1 Tat interacts with CD3 and CD28 to co-stimulate IL-2 and IL-8 expression PubMed
Vpr vpr Production of infectious triple deletion vpr/vpu/nef HIV-1 mutant is suppressed, indicating that Vpr may antagonize restriction activity of CD3E against production of infectious wild-type HIV-1 PubMed
Vpu vpu Production of infectious triple deletion vpr/vpu/nef HIV-1 mutant is suppressed, indicating that Vpu may antagonize restriction activity of CD3E against production of infectious wild-type HIV-1 PubMed
vpu HIV-1 Vpu interacts with CD3 in living cells PubMed
capsid gag Interferon-gamma can counteract the inhibitory effect of HIV-1 Capsid based peptides on antibody response to SRC PubMed
gag Peptides corresponding to amino acids 218-238 of HIV-1 Capsid inhibited anti-CD3-induced lymphoproliferation but did not directly affect anti-CD2 activation PubMed
gag Synthetic peptides corresponding to amino acids 218-238 of HIV-1 Capsid have been shown to inhibit in a dose dependent manner the induction of a specific antibody response to the sheep red cell (SRC) antigen through the T3-Ti complex PubMed
matrix gag HIV-1 MA co-localizes with CD3 marker protein in monocyte-derived macrophages cocultured with HIV-1-infected primary CD4+ T-cells PubMed

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Pathways from PubChem

Interactions

Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

Markers

Clone Names

  • FLJ18683

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables SH3 domain binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables T cell receptor binding NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
enables identical protein binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables protein kinase binding NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
enables signaling receptor complex adaptor activity NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
enables transmembrane signaling receptor activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables transmembrane signaling receptor activity IC
Inferred by Curator
more info
PubMed 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in CD4-positive, alpha-beta T cell proliferation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in T cell activation NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in T cell anergy IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in T cell costimulation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in T cell receptor signaling pathway NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in adaptive immune response NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in alpha-beta T cell activation NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in apoptotic signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in calcium-mediated signaling IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in cell surface receptor protein tyrosine kinase signaling pathway TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in cell surface receptor signaling pathway IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in cell surface receptor signaling pathway IC
Inferred by Curator
more info
PubMed 
involved_in cell surface receptor signaling pathway NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in cerebellum development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in dendrite development IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in gamma-delta T cell activation NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of gene expression IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of smoothened signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in negative thymic T cell selection IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of CD4-positive, alpha-beta T cell proliferation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of T cell anergy IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of T cell proliferation IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of calcium-mediated signaling IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of cell-cell adhesion mediated by integrin ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of cell-matrix adhesion ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of gene expression IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of interleukin-2 production IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of interleukin-4 production IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of type II interferon production IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in positive thymic T cell selection IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in protein-containing complex assembly NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in regulation of apoptotic process NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in signal complex assembly TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
involved_in smoothened signaling pathway IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in Golgi apparatus IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 
part_of T cell receptor complex IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
part_of alpha-beta T cell receptor complex IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
part_of alpha-beta T cell receptor complex IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
part_of alpha-beta T cell receptor complex IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
part_of alpha-beta T cell receptor complex ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
located_in cell body IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in cell-cell junction IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in dendritic spine IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in endoplasmic reticulum IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 
is_active_in external side of plasma membrane IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in external side of plasma membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
part_of gamma-delta T cell receptor complex NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
located_in immunological synapse IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
located_in plasma membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in plasma membrane ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
located_in plasma membrane NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
PubMed 
located_in plasma membrane TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 

General protein information

Preferred Names
T-cell surface glycoprotein CD3 epsilon chain
Names
CD3-epsilon
CD3e antigen, epsilon polypeptide (TiT3 complex)
CD3e molecule, epsilon (CD3-TCR complex)
T-cell antigen receptor complex, epsilon subunit of T3
T-cell surface antigen T3/Leu-4 epsilon chain

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

Genomic

  1. NG_007383.1 RefSeqGene

    Range
    5001..16596
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    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics), LRG_38

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_000733.4NP_000724.1  T-cell surface glycoprotein CD3 epsilon chain precursor

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_000724.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AK292612, BC049847, BP366535
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS31685.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    A8K997, P07766
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    E9PSH8
    Related
    ENSP00000354566.4, ENST00000361763.9
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    smart00077
    Location:185205
    ITAM; Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif
    cd07692
    Location:36117
    IgC1_CD3_epsilon; Immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domain of Cluster of Differentiation (CD) 3 epsilon chain; member of the C1-set of IgSF domains

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2023_10

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000011.10 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    118304730..118316173
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    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060935.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    118321077..118332497
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    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)