TNFRSF14/HVEM Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

This gene encodes a member of the TNF (tumor necrosis factor) receptor superfamily. The encoded protein functions in signal transduction pathways that activate inflammatory and inhibitory T-cell immune response. It binds herpes simplex virus (HSV) viral envelope glycoprotein D (gD), mediating its entry into cells. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2014]

TNFRSF14: Receptor for BTLA. Receptor for TNFSF14/LIGHT and homotrimeric TNFSF1/lymphotoxin-alpha. Involved in lymphocyte activation. Plays an important role in HSV pathogenesis because it enhanced the entry of several wild-type HSV strains of both serotypes into CHO cells, and mediated HSV entry into activated human T-cells.

Protein type: Receptor, misc.; Membrane protein, integral; Cell cycle regulation

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 1p36.32

Cellular Component: integral to plasma membrane; plasma membrane; external side of plasma membrane

Molecular Function: viral receptor activity; protein binding; tumor necrosis factor receptor activity; ubiquitin protein ligase binding

Biological Process: positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation; defense response to Gram-positive bacterium; entry of virus into host cell; cell surface receptor linked signal transduction; tumor necrosis factor-mediated signaling pathway; T cell costimulation; positive regulation of cytokine secretion during immune response; negative regulation of alpha-beta T cell proliferation; immune response; defense response to Gram-negative bacterium