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Symbol HLA-B contributors: mct/npt - updated : 19/11/2008
HGNC name major histocompatibility complex, class I, B
HGNC id 4932
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • two extracellular globular domains, alpha 1 and alpha 2
  • a transmembranee segment
  • a cytoplasmic tail, highly polymorphic, 118 alleles
  • conjugated GlycoP
    mono polymer heteromer , dimer
    HOMOLOGY
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • MHC class I family
  • CATEGORY antigen
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION
    basic FUNCTION
  • play a central role in the immune system by presenting peptides derived from the endoplasmic reticulum lumen
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS immunity/defense
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
  • heterodimer of alpha and beta chain, the alpha 1 domain forming the peptide groove with the beta 1 domain of HLA-DMB
  • INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • releasing the CLIP molecule from the peptide binding site
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s)
    Susceptibility
  • ankylosing spondylitis (AS)
  • Behcet's disease
  • to psoriasis arthropathy
  • Variant & Polymorphism other
  • interaction between KIR3DS1 and HLA-B (BW4-80Ile) decreases progression of HIV1
  • HLA-B51 associated to Behcet's disease
  • HLA-B27 associated to ankylosing spondylitis (may arise because of aberrant folding of HLA-B27 molecules within the ER)
  • HLA-B51 may play a role in the pathogenesis of psoriasis arthropathy
  • linkage to the HLA-B region in one AS pedigree (Gu 2009)
  • Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS