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Facts about Toll-like receptor 5.
Acts via MYD88 and TRAF6, leading to NF-kappa-B activation, cytokine secretion and the inflammatory response. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | TLR5 |
| Uniprot: | O60602 |
| Entrez: | 7100 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| Toll-like receptor family |

MGC126430; MGC126431; SLEB1FLJ10052; TIL-3; TIL3Toll/interleukin-1 receptor-like protein 3; TLR5; toll-like receptor 5
Mass (kDA):
97.834 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q41 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (223108401..223143281, complement) |
Highly expressed in ovary and in peripheral blood leukocytes, especially in monocytes, less in CD11c+ immature dendritic cells. Also detected in prostate and testis.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.




PMID: 9596645 by Chaudhary P.M., et al. Cloning and characterization of two Toll/Interleukin-1 receptor-like genes TIL3 and TIL4: evidence for a multi-gene receptor family in humans.
PMID: 18810425 by Nakajima T., et al. Natural selection in the TLR-related genes in the course of primate evolution.