KLRG1

KLRG1
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases KLRG1, 2F1, CLEC15A, MAFA, MAFA-2F1, MAFA-L, MAFA-LIKE, killer cell lectin like receptor G1
External IDs MGI: 1355294 HomoloGene: 4244 GeneCards: KLRG1
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

10219

50928

Ensembl

ENSG00000139187

ENSMUSG00000030114

UniProt

Q96E93

O88713

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005810

NM_016970

RefSeq (protein)

NP_005801.3

NP_058666.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 8.95 – 9.01 Mb Chr 6: 122.27 – 122.28 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Killer cell lectin-like receptor subfamily G member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KLRG1 gene.[3][4][5][6][7]

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.[7]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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 2118217Freely accessible. PMID 16461340.
  6. 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 1212638Freely accessible. PMID 16140789.
  7. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: KLRG1 killer cell lectin-like receptor subfamily G, member 1".

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