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Symbol KIR2DL2 contributors: mct/npt - updated : 30-04-2010
HGNC name killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two domains, long cytoplasmic tail, 2
HGNC id 6330
Location 19q13.4      Physical location : 21.910 - 36.449
Synonym name
  • CD158 antigen-like family member B1
  • MHC class I NK cell receptor
  • natural killer-associated transcript 6
  • p58 natural killer cell receptor clone CL-43
  • CD158b1 antigen
  • Synonym symbol(s) NKAT6, CL-43, p58.2, CD158B1, CD158k, CD158b
    DNA
    TYPE functioning gene
    SPECIAL FEATURE component of a cluster
    text natural killer cell receptor cluster FLNKR@
    STRUCTURE 14.54 kb     8 Exon(s)
    MAPPING cloned Y linked N status confirmed
    Map see FLNKR@
    RNA
    TRANSCRIPTS type messenger
    text NKAT2 del Ig 2 (Dohring)
    identificationnb exonstypebpproduct
    ProteinkDaAAspecific expressionYearPubmed
    8 - 1587 - 348 - Dohring (1996)
    - - 1454 - 348 - Dohring (1996)
    EXPRESSION
    Type
    constitutive of
       expressed in (based on citations)
    organ(s)
    tissue
    SystemTissueTissue level 1Tissue level 2LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Lymphoid    
    cells
    SystemCellPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Lymphoid/Immuneactivated B lymphocyte
    cell lineage
    cell lines
    fluid/secretion
    at STAGE
    PROTEIN
    PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    STRUCTURE
    motifs/domains
  • two immunoglobulin-like C2-type extracellular domains
  • a long cytoplasmic tail
  • two immunoreceptor tyrosine based inhibitory motifs (ITIM)
  • conjugated GlycoP
    HOMOLOGY
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • immunoglobulin superfamily
  • CATEGORY immunity/defense , receptor membrane
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     plasma membrane
    text type I membrane protein
    basic FUNCTION
  • inhibiting the activity of NK cells thus preventing cell lysis
  • as other KIR genes, suppressed by DNA methylation in most T cells, and DNA demethylation promotes their expression through effects on both chromatin structure and transcription factors (Liu 2009)
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS immunity/defense
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
    INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
    cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s)
    Susceptibility
  • to systemic sclerosis (SSc)
  • to type 1 diabetes
  • Variant & Polymorphism other
  • association of the combination KIR2DS2(+)/KIR2DL2(-) with increased risk for SSc (Salim 2010)
  • potential role of the KIR2DL2-rs2756923 polymorphism in T1D in Germans and Belgians (Ramos-Lopez 2009)
  • Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS