Signal-regulatory protein alpha

Signal regulatory protein α (SIRPα) is a regulatory membrane glycoprotein from SIRP family expressed mainly by myeloid cells and also by stem cells or neurons.

SIRPA
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesSIRPA, BIT, CD172A, MFR, MYD-1, P84, PTPNS1, SHPS1, SIRP, Signal-regulatory protein alpha, signal regulatory protein alpha
External IDsOMIM: 602461 MGI: 108563 HomoloGene: 7246 GeneCards: SIRPA
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

140885

19261

Ensembl

ENSG00000198053

ENSMUSG00000037902

UniProt

P78324

P97797

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001040022
NM_001040023
NM_080792
NM_001330728

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001035111
NP_001035112
NP_001317657
NP_542970

Location (UCSC)Chr 20: 1.89 – 1.94 MbChr 2: 129.43 – 129.47 Mb
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SIRPα acts as inhibitory receptor and interacts with a broadly expressed transmembrane protein CD47 also called the "don't eat me" signal. This interaction negatively controls effector function of innate immune cells such as host cell phagocytosis. SIRPα diffuses laterally on the macrophage membrane and accumulates at a phagocytic synapse to bind CD47 and signal 'self', which inhibits the cytoskeleton-intensive process of phagocytosis by the macrophage. This is analogous to the self signals provided by MHC class I molecules to NK cells via Ig-like or Ly49 receptors. NB. Protein shown to the right is CD47 not SIRP α.

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