KIR2DS4

KIR2DS4
Available structures
PDBHuman UniProt search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesKIR2DS4, CD158I, KIR1D, KIR2DS1, KIR412, KKA3, NKAT-8, NKAT8, KIR-2DS4, killer cell immunoglobulin like receptor, two Ig domains and short cytoplasmic tail 4
External IDsGeneCards: KIR2DS4
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3809

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Ensembl

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UniProt

P43632
Q8NHJ0

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_012314
NM_001281971
NM_001281972

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001268900
NP_001268901
NP_036446
NP_001268900.1

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Location (UCSC)Chr 19: 54.83 – 54.85 Mbn/a
PubMed search[1]n/a
Wikidata
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Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor 2DS4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIR2DS4 gene.[2][3][4]

Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are transmembrane glycoproteins expressed by natural killer cells and subsets of T cells. The KIR genes are polymorphic and highly homologous and they are found in a cluster on chromosome 19q13.4 within the 1 Mb leukocyte receptor complex (LRC). The gene content of the KIR gene cluster varies among haplotypes, although several "framework" genes are found in all haplotypes (KIR3DL3, KIR3DP1, KIR3DL4, KIR3DL2). The KIR proteins are classified by the number of extracellular immunoglobulin domains (2D or 3D) and by whether they have a long (L) or short (S) cytoplasmic domain. KIR proteins with the long cytoplasmic domain transduce inhibitory signals upon ligand binding via an immune tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM), while KIR proteins with the short cytoplasmic domain lack the ITIM motif and instead associate with the TYRO protein tyrosine kinase binding protein to transduce activating signals. The ligands for several KIR proteins are subsets of HLA class I molecules; thus, KIR proteins are thought to play an important role in regulation of the immune response.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. Bottino C, Sivori S, Vitale M, Cantoni C, Falco M, Pende D, Morelli L, Augugliaro R, Semenzato G, Biassoni R, Moretta L, Moretta A (Oct 1996). "A novel surface molecule homologous to the p58/p50 family of receptors is selectively expressed on a subset of human natural killer cells and induces both triggering of cell functions and proliferation". Eur J Immunol. 26 (8): 1816–24. PMID 8765026. doi:10.1002/eji.1830260823.
  3. Wagtmann N, Biassoni R, Cantoni C, Verdiani S, Malnati MS, Vitale M, Bottino C, Moretta L, Moretta A, Long EO (Jun 1995). "Molecular clones of the p58 NK cell receptor reveal immunoglobulin-related molecules with diversity in both the extra- and intracellular domains". Immunity. 2 (5): 439–49. PMID 7749980. doi:10.1016/1074-7613(95)90025-X.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: KIR2DS4 killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, short cytoplasmic tail, 4".

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