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SUBMITTER: Gauthier L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC130578 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gauthier Laurent L Rossi Benjamin B Roux Florence F Termine Elise E Schiff Claudine C
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20020923 20
Although preB cell-receptor (pre-BCR) formation and cell-surface expression is essential for B cell development, pre-BCR generation of signal transduction remains elusive. Here, we report that recombinant pre-BCRs and the surrogate light chain bind specifically to the bone marrow stromal cell galectin-1 (GAL1), an S-type lectin. The surrogate light chain/GAL1 association is a direct protein-protein interaction (K(a) = 2 x 10(6) M(-1)), and the NH(2) extra loop of lambda-like is the major binding ...[more]