CD19

UniProt ID: P15391
Organism: Homo sapiens
Review Status: COMPLETE
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Gene Description

CD19 is a single-pass membrane glycoprotein of B lymphocytes that organizes signaling at the B-cell surface. It associates with CD21/CR2 and CD81 in a co-receptor complex, and its phosphorylated cytoplasmic tail recruits signaling proteins, including PI3K regulatory subunits and GRB2. This noncatalytic adaptor function adjusts the sensitivity of antigen-receptor signaling and supports effective humoral immune responses. Biallelic loss of CD19 function can cause antibody deficiency despite the presence of mature circulating B cells.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0002322 B cell proliferation involved in immune response
IDA
PMID:1373518
CD19: lowering the threshold for antigen receptor stimulatio...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CD19 costimulation supports antigen-dependent B-cell proliferation.
Reason: The cited coligation study supports a proliferative output of receptor sensitization; proliferation is downstream of the core adaptor function.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0002322 B cell proliferation involved in immune response
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Family mapping captures a downstream proliferative response.
Reason: The CD19-family mapping is consistent with B-cell activation evidence. It does not make the protein part of the cell-cycle machinery.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0002322 B cell proliferation involved in immune response
IMP
PMID:16672701
An antibody-deficiency syndrome due to mutations in the CD19...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Human CD19 deficiency impairs antigen-driven responses.
Reason: Patient B-cell responses support this immune phenotype, which is downstream of receptor signaling.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
EXP
PMID:1373518
CD19: lowering the threshold for antigen receptor stimulatio...
ACCEPT
Summary: The plasma membrane is the principal site of CD19 signaling.
Reason: The coligation experiment depends on cell-surface CD19.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
EXP
PMID:1383329
The CD19/CD21 signal transducing complex of human B lymphocy...
ACCEPT
Summary: The plasma membrane is the principal site of CD19 signaling.
Reason: Human cell-surface patching and receptor-complex coprecipitation support this localization.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
EXP
PMID:1702139
Intersection of the complement and immune systems: a signal ...
ACCEPT
Summary: The plasma membrane is the principal site of CD19 signaling.
Reason: Raji and recombinant K562 receptor-complex experiments support a membrane location.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
EXP
PMID:2463100
Regulatory role of CD19 molecules in B-cell activation and d...
ACCEPT
Summary: The plasma membrane is the principal site of CD19 signaling.
Reason: The study explicitly describes CD19 on human B-lineage cells.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
EXP
PMID:9317126
Regulation of B lymphocyte development and activation by the...
ACCEPT
Summary: The plasma membrane is the principal site of CD19 signaling.
Reason: The transgenic-mouse study supports membrane targeting of the CD19 extracellular/transmembrane construct. Human surface localization is also established independently; the original EXP row is preserved.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
EXP
PMID:9382888
Qualitative regulation of B cell antigen receptor signaling ...
ACCEPT
Summary: The plasma membrane is the principal site of CD19 signaling.
Reason: Human CD19 constructs were expressed on mouse plasmacytoma cells; this is a membrane-localization experiment, not a primary-human-cell assay.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: The inherited plasma-membrane assignment matches direct CD19 biology.
Reason: Retain the PAINT curator's ancestral inference. Human CD19 appearing among its own experimental descendants is expected, not circular. The IBD placement and alignment were not independently inspected.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
IDA
PMID:16672701
An antibody-deficiency syndrome due to mutations in the CD19...
ACCEPT
Summary: The plasma membrane is the principal site of CD19 signaling.
Reason: Patient/control flow cytometry establishes the cell-surface context of CD19 expression.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: The UniProt localization mapping captures the cell-surface protein.
Reason: The mapped plasma-membrane term agrees with the single-pass topology and direct surface-localization evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-199518
ACCEPT
Summary: The Reactome assembly places CD19 at the plasma membrane.
Reason: The reaction places the CD19-containing complex at the plasma membrane; C3d recognition is assigned to CR2/CD21.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-199518
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-2076220
ACCEPT
Summary: The Reactome assembly places CD19 at the plasma membrane.
Reason: The CD19 signalosome is membrane-associated. PI3K performs the lipid phosphorylation; this row asserts location only.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-2076220
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-2316434
ACCEPT
Summary: The Reactome assembly places CD19 at the plasma membrane.
Reason: The PI3K reaction supplies membrane context for the CD19-containing assembly, not CD19 catalytic activity.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-2316434
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-2400009
ACCEPT
Summary: The Reactome assembly places CD19 at the plasma membrane.
Reason: The inhibitor reaction retains a membrane-associated assembly; it does not establish that CD19 is an enzyme or direct inhibitor target.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-2400009
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-8853252
ACCEPT
Summary: The Reactome assembly places CD19 at the plasma membrane.
Reason: The curated CR2-complement/CD19-CD81 assembly supports the cell-surface location.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-8853252
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9606887
ACCEPT
Summary: The Reactome assembly places CD19 at the plasma membrane.
Reason: Recruitment of PI3K and GRB2 to the phosphorylated CD19-VAV assembly occurs at the membrane.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-9606887
GO:0009897 external side of plasma membrane
IDA
PMID:17213291
FcRL6, a new ITIM-bearing receptor on cytolytic cells, is br...
ACCEPT
Summary: The extracellular domain of CD19 is exposed on the B-cell surface.
Reason: The original IDA is retained with curator deference and independent human surface evidence. The FcRL6-focused cached abstract does not expose the CD19-specific assay, and its title is not evidence of misattribution.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0009897 external side of plasma membrane
IDA
PMID:20660734
MicroRNAs enriched in hematopoietic stem cells differentiall...
ACCEPT
Summary: Cell-surface exposure is consistent with CD19 topology and antibody detection.
Reason: Retain the experimental localization using independent surface evidence. The selected microRNA-study cache is abstract-only; its CD19 target assay was not inspected and is not inferred from its title.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0015026 coreceptor activity
IDA
PMID:29523808
Grb2 and GRAP connect the B cell antigen receptor to Erk MAP...
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: The cited CD19 association experiment supports recruitment of an intracellular signaling adaptor rather than the complete messenger-binding coreceptor activity.
Reason: In human DG75 B cells, GRB2-SH2 affinity purification with WT, R86L and GST controls detects CD19 by immunoblot after BCR stimulation. This demonstrates a signaling-complex association; it does not assay CD19 combining with a messenger and cooperating with another receptor to initiate signaling, as GO:0015026 requires. The source-specific molecular-function attribution is therefore broader than the demonstrated CD19 activity. Signaling receptor complex adaptor activity is independently supported and already retained. This assessment is limited to the inspected target experiment and does not claim that CD19 lacks every possible physiological ligand.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:29523808
using either the native Grb2 SH2 domain (wt)
GO:0016064 immunoglobulin mediated immune response
IMP
PMID:16672701
An antibody-deficiency syndrome due to mutations in the CD19...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CD19 supports effective antibody-mediated immunity.
Reason: The human deficiency phenotype supports the immune response term as an organism-level consequence of impaired B-cell signaling.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0030159 signaling receptor complex adaptor activity
EXP
PMID:16672701
An antibody-deficiency syndrome due to mutations in the CD19...
ACCEPT
Summary: CD19 supplies a noncatalytic platform for receptor signaling.
Reason: The patient study supports the signaling role. Complex-association and recruitment experiments supply complementary mechanistic evidence for the adaptor function.
GO:0030159 signaling receptor complex adaptor activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: The inherited receptor-complex adaptor assignment captures the core function.
Reason: Retain the PAINT judgment, consistent with direct CD19 complex and recruitment evidence. The target's own experimental evidence in WITH/FROM is legitimate descendant support. No new claim about an independently inspected IBD or ancestral gain is made.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0032991 protein-containing complex
IDA
PMID:23071339
Serine phosphorylation by SYK is critical for nuclear locali...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CD19 participates in a signaling protein complex.
Reason: The richer authenticated extraction describes stimulated CD19-IKAROS-SYK association in human FL112 pro-B cells. The broad complex term is supported but does not identify a constitutive core complex or prove direct binary binding. The cited supplementary figure was not inspected.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0042100 B cell proliferation
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: The orthology-based proliferation assignment describes a downstream response.
Reason: Mouse evidence and human CD19-deficiency data agree on a role in B-cell activation. Proliferation is a physiological output, not the protein's immediate molecular function.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0045121 membrane raft
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Membrane-raft association is a conditional membrane context.
Reason: Retain the conservative UniProt mapping without making raft residence obligatory or treating detergent-resistant fractions as a separate molecular function.
GO:0045121 membrane raft
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: The mouse-derived raft localization is compatible with CD19 organization.
Reason: Retain the orthology-based localization with its original source, without asserting that human raft localization was directly tested by this ISS row.
GO:0050851 antigen receptor-mediated signaling pathway
IDA
PMID:1373518
CD19: lowering the threshold for antigen receptor stimulatio...
MODIFY
Summary: The experimentally described pathway is B-cell receptor signaling.
Reason: The original study concerns CD19 costimulation of B lymphocytes; the B-cell-specific child term preserves that supported scope.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:1373518
Coligation of the membrane protein CD19 with the antigen receptor of B lymphocytes decreased the threshold for antigen receptor-dependent stimulation
GO:0050853 B cell receptor signaling pathway
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: CD19 participates in B-cell receptor signaling.
Reason: The inherited process assignment agrees with its signal-organizing role and experimental activation studies. The PAINT node placement has not been independently re-audited.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0050853 B cell receptor signaling pathway
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: Conserved CD19 function supports participation in B-cell receptor signaling.
Reason: Retain the mouse-to-human transfer, corroborated by human patient and complex-assembly evidence; it remains ISS rather than a relabeled human experiment.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0050855 regulation of B cell receptor signaling pathway
IMP
PMID:9382888
Qualitative regulation of B cell antigen receptor signaling ...
ACCEPT
Summary: CD19 modulates antigen-receptor signaling.
Reason: WT/mutant comparisons support signaling regulation in a mouse-cell host expressing human CD19.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0050864 regulation of B cell activation
IDA
PMID:1373518
CD19: lowering the threshold for antigen receptor stimulatio...
ACCEPT
Summary: CD19 controls the threshold for B-cell activation.
Reason: Receptor coligation lowers the activation threshold, consistent with the core signaling-modulator role.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0050864 regulation of B cell activation
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
ACCEPT
Summary: The CD19-family mapping captures regulation of B-cell activation.
Reason: The family-level transfer agrees with direct CD19 signaling evidence; it adds no claim that every family member was individually assayed.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0051281 positive regulation of release of sequestered calcium ion into cytosol
IDA
PMID:16672701
An antibody-deficiency syndrome due to mutations in the CD19...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CD19 signaling supports intracellular calcium mobilization.
Reason: Retain the curated human-study calcium assignment with supporting signaling evidence. Calcium release is an output of adaptor-mediated signaling, not channel activity by CD19.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0051281 positive regulation of release of sequestered calcium ion into cytosol
IMP
PMID:9382888
Qualitative regulation of B cell antigen receptor signaling ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CD19-dependent signaling promotes calcium release.
Reason: IP3 and calcium assays support this downstream output; CD19 is not the calcium-release channel.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0051897 positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction
IMP
PMID:9382888
Qualitative regulation of B cell antigen receptor signaling ...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CD19 promotes the PI3K arm of receptor signaling.
Reason: Human WT and Y484F/Y515F CD19 constructs in mouse J558L cells connect CD19 to antigen-stimulated PI3K activity and calcium responses. PI3K recruitment is a proximal mechanism of the receptor-complex adaptor core. This broader PI3K/protein-kinase-B pathway annotation is retained as a signaling arm rather than a separately defining core process. AKT was discussed rather than assayed; that access limit does not negate the measured PI3K contribution.
Supporting Evidence:
GO:0070062 extracellular exosome
HDA
PMID:20458337
MHC class II-associated proteins in B-cell exosomes and pote...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Exosomal detection is a secondary localization context.
Reason: Retain the curated high-throughput detection without promoting exosome biogenesis to a CD19 function. The cached abstract describes B-cell exosome proteomics; its CD19 target table was not independently inspected.
Supporting Evidence:

Core Functions

Organizes a membrane receptor signaling complex through noncatalytic adaptor interactions. Its phosphorylated cytoplasmic tail recruits p85-containing PI3K and other signaling proteins, promoting PI3K activation and adjusting the activation threshold of B lymphocytes.

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Does CD19 directly recognize a physiological extracellular ligand, or does it primarily organize signaling initiated by the B-cell receptor and CR2-bound complement fragments?

Q: How do the two annotated CD19 products differ in surface trafficking and recruitment of signaling partners under physiological stimulation?

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