FCGR1A explained

High affinity immunoglobulin gamma Fc receptor I is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FCGR1A gene.[1] [2] [3]

Interactions

The FcgRI binds the Fc portion of IgG and causes activation of the host cell via an intercellular ITAM motif.[4]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Maresco DL, Chang E, Theil KS, Francke U, Anderson CL . The three genes of the human FCGR1 gene family encoding Fc gamma RI flank the centromere of chromosome 1 at 1p12 and 1q21 . Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics . 73 . 3 . 157–63 . September 1996 . 8697799 . 10.1159/000134330 .
  2. Maresco DL, Blue LE, Culley LL, Kimberly RP, Anderson CL, Theil KS . Localization of FCGR1 encoding Fcgamma receptor class I in primates: molecular evidence for two pericentric inversions during the evolution of human chromosome 1 . Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics . 82 . 1–2 . 71–4 . November 1998 . 9763663 . 10.1159/000015067 . 20290009 .
  3. Web site: Entrez Gene: FCGR1A Fc fragment of IgG, high affinity Ia, receptor (CD64).
  4. The function of Fcγ receptors in dendritic cells and macrophages Martin Guilliams Pierre Bruhns Yvan Saeys Hamida Hammad and Bart N. Lambrecht FEBRUARY 2014 | VOLUME 14 Nature Reviews Immunology