KLRG1

Killer cell lectin-like receptor subfamily G, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols KLRG1; 2F1; CLEC15A; MAFA; MAFA-2F1; MAFA-L; MAFA-LIKE; MGC13600
External IDs OMIM604874 MGI1355294 HomoloGene4244 GeneCards: KLRG1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 10219 50928
Ensembl ENSG00000139187 ENSMUSG00000030114
UniProt Q96E93 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_005810 NM_016970.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_005801 NP_058666.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 12:
9.1 – 9.16 Mb
Chr 6:
122.22 – 122.23 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Killer cell lectin-like receptor subfamily G member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KLRG1 gene.[1][2][3][4][5]

Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes that can mediate lysis of certain tumor cells and virus-infected cells without previous activation. They can also regulate specific humoral and cell-mediated immunity. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the killer cell lectin-like receptor (KLR) family, which is a group of transmembrane proteins preferentially expressed in NK cells. Studies in mice suggested that the expression of this gene may be regulated by MHC class I molecules. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been reported, but their full-length natures have not yet been determined.[5]

References

  1. ^ Hanke T, Corral L, Vance RE, Raulet DH (Jan 1999). "2F1 antigen, the mouse homolog of the rat "mast cell function-associated antigen", is a lectin-like type II transmembrane receptor expressed by natural killer cells". Eur J Immunol 28 (12): 4409–17. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199812)28:12<4409::AID-IMMU4409>3.0.CO;2-3. PMID 9862378. 
  2. ^ Butcher S, Arney KL, Cook GP (Dec 1998). "MAFA-L, an ITIM-containing receptor encoded by the human NK cell gene complex and expressed by basophils and NK cells". Eur J Immunol 28 (11): 3755–62. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199811)28:11<3755::AID-IMMU3755>3.0.CO;2-3. PMID 9842918. 
  3. ^ Ito M, Maruyama T, Saito N, Koganei S, Yamamoto K, Matsumoto N (Feb 2006). "Killer cell lectin-like receptor G1 binds three members of the classical cadherin family to inhibit NK cell cytotoxicity". J Exp Med 203 (2): 289–95. doi:10.1084/jem.20051986. PMC 2118217. PMID 16461340. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2118217. 
  4. ^ Thimme R, Appay V, Koschella M, Panther E, Roth E, Hislop AD, Rickinson AB, Rowland-Jones SL, Blum HE, Pircher H (Sep 2005). "Increased expression of the NK cell receptor KLRG1 by virus-specific CD8 T cells during persistent antigen stimulation". J Virol 79 (18): 12112–6. doi:10.1128/JVI.79.18.12112-12116.2005. PMC 1212638. PMID 16140789. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1212638. 
  5. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: KLRG1 killer cell lectin-like receptor subfamily G, member 1". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=10219. 

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