Interleukin-21 receptor

Interleukin 21 receptor is a type I cytokine receptor. IL21R is its human gene.[5]

IL21R
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesIL21R, CD360, NILR, interleukin 21 receptor, IMD56
External IDsOMIM: 605383 MGI: 1890475 HomoloGene: 11040 GeneCards: IL21R
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 16 (human)[1]
Band16p12.1Start27,402,174 bp[1]
End27,452,042 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern


More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

50615

60504

Ensembl

ENSG00000103522

ENSMUSG00000030745

UniProt

Q9HBE5

Q9JHX3

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_021798
NM_181078
NM_181079

NM_021887

RefSeq (protein)

NP_068570
NP_851564
NP_851565

NP_068687

Location (UCSC)Chr 16: 27.4 – 27.45 MbChr 7: 125.6 – 125.63 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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The protein encoded by this gene is a cytokine receptor for interleukin 21 (IL21). It belongs to the type I cytokine receptors, and has been shown to form a heterodimeric receptor complex with the common gamma-chain, a receptor subunit also shared by the receptors for interleukin 2 (IL2), interleukin 7 (IL7) and interleukin 15 (IL15). This receptor transduces the growth promoting signal of IL21, and is important for the proliferation and differentiation of T cells, B cells, and natural killer (NK) cells. The ligand binding of this receptor leads to the activation of multiple downstream signaling molecules, including JAK1, JAK3, STAT1, and STAT3. Knockout studies of a similar gene in mouse suggest a role for this gene in regulating immunoglobulin production. Three alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been described.[5]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000103522 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000030745 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "Entrez Gene: IL21R interleukin 21 receptor".

Further reading


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