Obrink B
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Curr Opin Cell Biol. 1997 Oct;9(5):616-26. doi: 10.1016/s0955-0674(97)80114-7.
The carcinoembryonic antigen family comprises a large number of complex molecules, several of which possess cell adhesion activities. The primordial adhesion molecules of this family are the cell-cell adhesion molecules (C-CAMs), which have been found to be multifunctional, signal-regulatory proteins. C-CAMs inhibit tumor growth, interact with calmodulin, protein tyrosine kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases, and are subject to specific dimerization reactions. These new insights indicate that C-CAMs are important regulators of cellular functions.
癌胚抗原家族由大量复杂分子组成,其中一些具有细胞黏附活性。该家族的原始黏附分子是细胞间黏附分子(C-CAMs),已发现它们是多功能的信号调节蛋白。C-CAMs可抑制肿瘤生长,与钙调蛋白、蛋白酪氨酸激酶和蛋白酪氨酸磷酸酶相互作用,并会发生特定的二聚化反应。这些新见解表明C-CAMs是细胞功能的重要调节因子。