Interleukin 1 receptor, type II

Interleukin 1 receptor, type II
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsIL1R2 ; CD121b; CDw121b; IL-1R-2; IL-1RT-2; IL-1RT2; IL1R2c; IL1RB
External IDsOMIM: 147811 MGI: 96546 HomoloGene: 7783 IUPHAR: 2319 GeneCards: IL1R2 Gene
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez785016178
EnsemblENSG00000115590ENSMUSG00000026073
UniProtP27930P27931
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001261419NM_010555
RefSeq (protein)NP_001248348NP_034685
Location (UCSC)Chr 2:
102.61 – 102.65 Mb
Chr 1:
40.08 – 40.13 Mb
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Interleukin 1 receptor, type II (IL1R2) also known as CD121b (Cluster of Differentiation 121b) is an interleukin receptor. IL1R2 also denotes its human gene.

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a cytokine receptor that belongs to the interleukin-1 receptor family. This protein binds interleukin alpha (IL1A), interleukin beta (IL1B), and interleukin 1 receptor, type I(IL1R1/IL1RA), and acts as a decoy receptor that inhibits the activity of its ligands. Interleukin 4 (IL4) is reported to antagonize the activity of interleukin 1 by inducing the expression and release of this cytokine. This gene and three other genes form a cytokine receptor gene cluster on chromosome 2q12. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been reported.[1]

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.