Primary Identifier | IPR027187 | Type | Family |
Short Name | TLR6 |
description | Toll-like receptor 6 (TLR6) participates in the innate immune response to Gram-positive bacteria and fungi. TLRs recognize specific molecular patterns present only in micro-organisms. TLR1 and TLR6 are involved in the discrimination of a subtle difference between triacyl and diacyl lipopeptides through interaction with TLR2 []. Cooperatively with TLR2, TLR6 recognises mycoplasmal macrophage-activating lipopeptide-2 (MALP-2), soluble tuberculosis factor (STF), phenol-soluble modulin (PSM) and Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein A lipoprotein (OspA-L) []. TLR6 acts via MYD88 and TRAF6, leading to NF-kappa-B activation, cytokine secretion and the inflammatory response []. |