| Immunogen | ExtracellularlooppeptideofhumanCXCR4(Bersonetal.1996;Leotscheretal.1994). | 
| Epitope | extracellularloop | 
| Host | Rabbit | 
| Specificity | SomeGprotein-coupledreceptorsincludingCCR5,CXCR4,CCR3,CCR2bandCCR8inthechemokinereceptorfamily,andfournewhumanmoleculesGPR15,STRL33,GPR1andV28wererecentlyidentifiedasHIVcoreceptors(Nimitrov1997).Amongthem,CXCR4(fusin,LESTRorHUMSTR)isaprinciplecoreceptorforT-celltropicstrainsofHIV-1fusionandentryofhumanwhitebloodcells(Fengetal.1996;Bersonetal.1996).CXCR4isalsorequiredfortheinfectionbydual-tropicstrainsofHIV-1andmediatesCD-4independentinfectionbyHIV-2(Doranzetal.1996;Endresetal.1996).Thea-chemokineSDF-1istheligandforCXCR4andpreventsinfectionbyT-tropicHIV-1(Bleuletal.1996;Oberlinetal.1996).CXCR4associateswiththesurfaceCD4-gp120complexbeforeHIVenterstargetcells(Laphametal.1996).CXCR4messengerRNAlevelscorrelatedwithHIV-1permissivenessindiversehumancelltypes(Fengetal.1996).AntibodiestoCXCR4blockHIV-1andHIV-2fusionandinfectionofhumantargetcells(Fengetal.1996;Endresetal.1996;Brelotetal.1997).Theamino-terminaldomainandthesecondextracellularloopofCXCR4serveasHIVbindingsites(Brelotetal.1997;Luetal.1997). | 
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| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | ThisgeneencodesaCXCchemokinereceptorspecificforstromalcell-derivedfactor-1.Theproteinhas7transmembraneregionsandislocatedonthecellsurface.ItactswiththeCD4proteintosupportHIVentryintocellsandisalsohighlyexpressedinbreastcancercells.MutationsinthisgenehavebeenassociatedwithWHIM(warts,hypogammaglobulinemia,infections,andmyelokathexis)syndrome.Alternatetranscriptionalsplicevariants,encodingdifferentisoforms,havebeencharacterized. | 
| GeneSymbol | - CXCR4
 - WHIM
 - NPY3R
 - NPYY3R
 - FB22
 - LAP3
 - Fusin
 - CXCR-4
 - LCR1
 - NPYR
 - HM89
 - fusin
 - HSY3RR
 - CXC-R4
 - NPYY3
 - NPYRL
 - D2S201E
 - CD184
 - LESTR
 
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| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P61073#ReceptorfortheC-X-CchemokineCXCL12/SDF-1.Transducesasignalbyincreasingtheintracellularcalciumionslevel.Involvedinhaematopoiesisandincardiacventricularseptumformation.Playsalsoanessentialroleinvascularizationofthegastrointestinaltract,probablybyregulatingvascularbranchingand/orremodelingprocessesinendothelialcells.Couldbeinvolvedincerebellardevelopment.IntheCNS,couldmediatehippocampal-neuronsurvival.Actsasacoreceptor(CD4beingtheprimaryreceptor)forHIV-1X4isolatesandasaprimaryreceptorforsomeHIV-2isolates.PromotesEnv-mediatedfusionofthevirus. SIZE:352aminoacids;39746Da SUBUNIT:InteractswithHIV-1surfaceproteingp120andTat. SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cellmembrane;Multi-passmembraneprotein. TISSUESPECIFICITY:Expressedinnumeroustissues,suchasperipheralbloodleukocytes,spleen,thymus,spinalcord,heart,placenta,lung,liver,skeletalmuscle,kidney,pancreas,cerebellum,cerebralcortexandmedulla(inmicrogliaaswellasinastrocytes),brainmicrovascular,coronaryarteryandumbilicalcordendothelialcells.Isoform1ispredominantinalltissuestested. DOMAIN:SwissProt:P61073Theamino-terminusiscriticalforligandbinding.ResiduesinallfourextracellularregionscontributetoHIV-1coreceptoractivity. PTM:Sulfated. DISEASE:SwissProt:P61073#DefectsinCXCR4areacauseofWHIMsyndrome[MIM:193670];alsocalledwarts,hypogammaglobulinemia,infections,andmyelokathexis.WHIMsyndromeisanimmunodeficiencydiseasecharacterizedbyneutropenia,hypogammaglobulinemiaandextensivehumanpapillomavirus(HPV)infection.Despitetheperipheralneutropenia,bonemarrowaspiratesfromaffectedindividualscontainabundantmaturemyeloidcells,aconditiontermedmyelokathexis. SIMILARITY:BelongstotheG-proteincoupledreceptor1family. |