IL2RG

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Interleukin 2 receptor, gamma (severe combined immunodeficiency)
PDB rendering based on 2b5i.
Available structures: 2b5i, 2erj
Identifiers
Symbol(s) IL2RG; CD132; IMD4; SCIDX; SCIDX1
External IDs OMIM: 308380 MGI96551 HomoloGene172
RNA expression pattern

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Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 3561 16186
Ensembl ENSG00000147168 ENSMUSG00000031304
Uniprot P31785 Q3UPA9
Refseq NM_000206 (mRNA)
NP_000197 (protein)
NM_013563 (mRNA)
NP_038591 (protein)
Location Chr X: 70.24 - 70.25 Mb Chr X: 97.47 - 97.47 Mb
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IL2RG (interleukin 2 receptor, gamma (severe combined immunodeficiency)) is a human gene that provides instructions for making a protein called the common gamma chain. This protein is located on the surface of immature blood-forming cells in bone marrow. It has one end outside the cell like an antenna and the other end inside to transmit signals to the cell's nucleus. The common gamma chain partners with other proteins to direct blood-forming cells to form lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell). The receptor also directs the growth and maturation of lymphocyte subtypes: T cells, B cells, and natural killer cells. These cells kill viruses, make antibodies, and help regulate the entire immune system.

The IL2RG gene is located on the long (q) arm of the X chromosome at position 13.1, from base pair 70,110,279 to base pair 70,114,423.

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X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency is caused by mutations in the IL2RG gene. More than 200 different mutations in the IL2RG gene have been identified in people with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). Most of these mutations involve changes in one or a few DNA building blocks (nucleotides) in the gene. These changes lead to the production of a nonfunctional version of the common gamma chain or no protein at all. Without the common gamma chain, important chemical signals are not relayed to the nucleus and lymphocytes cannot develop normally. A lack of functional mature lymphocytes disrupts the immune system's ability to protect the body from infection.

[edit] References

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[edit] Further reading

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  • Kornfeld H, Cruikshank WW, Pyle SW, et al. (1988). "Lymphocyte activation by HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein.". Nature 335 (6189): 445–8. doi:10.1038/335445a0. PMID 2843775. 
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  • DiSanto JP, Rieux-Laucat F, Dautry-Varsat A, et al. (1994). "Defective human interleukin 2 receptor gamma chain in an atypical X chromosome-linked severe combined immunodeficiency with peripheral T cells.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 91 (20): 9466–70. PMID 7937790. 
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  • Markiewicz S, Subtil A, Dautry-Varsat A, et al. (1994). "Detection of three nonsense mutations and one missense mutation in the interleukin-2 receptor gamma chain gene in SCIDX1 that differently affect the mRNA processing.". Genomics 21 (1): 291–3. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1265. PMID 8088810. 
  • Kondo M, Takeshita T, Ishii N, et al. (1994). "Sharing of the interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor gamma chain between receptors for IL-2 and IL-4.". Science 262 (5141): 1874–7. PMID 8266076. 
  • Noguchi M, Nakamura Y, Russell SM, et al. (1994). "Interleukin-2 receptor gamma chain: a functional component of the interleukin-7 receptor.". Science 262 (5141): 1877–80. PMID 8266077. 
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