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Toll Like Receptor 9 (TLR9) Cascade

Source
Taxonomic Scope
organism_specific
Category
pathway
Dates
  • Create:
    2019-01-17
  • Modify:
    2025-02-01
Description
CpG DNA is an unusual Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP). Cytosine methylation exists in mammalian but not bacterial cells, and most (but not all) CpG in the mammalian genome is methylated. Therefore, unmethylated CpG DNA may signal the presence of microbial infection. Evidence of CpG recognition by TLR9 was demonstrated both in human and mouse, and this type of signaling requires its internalization into late endosomal/lysosomal compartments. TLR9 has been reported to be able to discern different types of CpG motifs, and therefore that it presumably recognizes CpG DNA directly. It appears that over evolutionary periods, TLR9 molecules expressed by different species have diverged. This has led to differences in the precise sequence motif (CpG dinucleotide plus flanking regions) that optimally stimulate the innate immune system of different animals.

1 Identity

1.1 Source

1.2 External ID

2 Interactions

3 Chemicals

4 Proteins

4.1 GlycoProteins

PubChem Protein
GlycoProtein
PubChem Protein
GlycoProtein
PubChem Protein
GlycoProtein

5 Genes

7 Literature

7.1 Consolidated References

8 Information Sources

  1. Reactome
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  2. PubChem
  3. GlyCosmos Glycoscience Portal
    LICENSE
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    https://glycosmos.org/license
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