[Term]
id: GO:0046696
name: lipopolysaccharide receptor complex
namespace: cellular_component
def: "A multiprotein complex that consists of at least three proteins, CD14, TLR4, and MD-2, each of which is glycosylated and which functions as a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) receptor that primes the innate immune response against bacterial pathogens." [PMID:11706042, PMID:9665271]
comment: Note that this term should not be used to refer to CD14 alone, but the multiprotein receptor complex that it is part of.
synonym: "LPS receptor complex" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0043235 ! receptor complex