| ID | Sequence | Length | GC content |
|---|---|---|---|
| AACCGUCCCGGCCACCGCUGCCUCAGCCUCUGCCUCCCAGCCUCUUUCU… | 1597 nt | 0.5435 | |
| AACCGUCCCGGCCACCGCUGCCUCAGCCUCUGCCUCCCAGCCUCUUUCU… | 1693 nt | 0.5470 | |
| AACCGUCCCGGCCACCGCUGCCUCAGCCUCUGCCUCCCAGCCUCUUUCU… | 1690 nt | 0.5467 | |
| AACCGUCCCGGCCACCGCUGCCUCAGCCUCUGCCUCCCAGCCUCUUUCU… | 1600 nt | 0.5437 |
The protein encoded by this gene is T-cell receptor zeta, which together with T-cell receptor alpha/beta and gamma/delta heterodimers, and with CD3-gamma, -delta and -epsilon, forms the T-cell receptor-CD3 complex. The zeta chain plays an important role in coupling antigen recognition to several intracellular signal-transduction pathways. Low expression of the antigen results in impaired immune response. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
A study in humans identified CD247 as a core prognostic biomarker for sepsis, where RT-qPCR validation in a THP-1 cellular model and meta-analysis of patient datasets demonstrated its expression was significantly down-regulated in sepsis and positively associated with 28-day survival [Zhang et al. DOI:10.1186/s12920-023-01460-8].