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Facts about C-type lectin domain family 4 member C.
Binds to serum IgG (PubMed:25995448). Efficiently targets ligand into antigen- processing and peptide-loading compartments for presentation to T- cells (PubMed:11748283).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CLEC4C |
| Uniprot: | Q8WTT0 |
| Entrez: | 170482 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

BDCA2; BDCA-2; BDCA2MGC125791; blood dendritic cell antigen 2 protein; Blood dendritic cell antigen 2; CD303 antigen; CD303; CLEC4C; CLECSF11; CLECSF11PRO34150; CLECSF7; C-type (calcium dependent, carbohydrate-recognition domain) lectin, superfamilymember 11; C-type (calcium dependent, carbohydrate-recognition domain) lectin, superfamilymember 7; C-type lectin domain family 4 member C; C-type lectin superfamily member 7; dendritic cell lectin b; Dendritic lectin; DLEC; DLECMGC125792; HECL; HECLMGC125793; MGC125789; PRO34150
Mass (kDA):
25.038 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 12p13.31 |
| Sequence: | 12; NC_000012.12 (7729245..7751600, complement) |
Expressed in plasmacytoid dendritic cells (PDCs). Constitutively expressed in immature monocyte-derived dendritic cells (iMDDC) and is significantly down-regulated upon maturation with LPS but not with TNF-alpha.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.




PMID: 11536172 by Arce I., et al. Molecular and genomic characterization of human DLEC, a novel member of the C-type lectin receptor gene family preferentially expressed on monocyte-derived dendritic cells.
PMID: 11748283 by Dzionek A., et al. BDCA-2, a novel plasmacytoid dendritic cell-specific type II C-type lectin, mediates antigen capture and is a potent inhibitor of interferon alpha/beta induction.