KLRB1

KLRB1
Identifiers
Aliases KLRB1, CD161, CLEC5B, NKR, NKR-P1, NKR-P1A, NKRP1A, hNKR-P1A, killer cell lectin like receptor B1
External IDs MGI: 107540 HomoloGene: 84369 GeneCards: KLRB1
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

3820

17057

Ensembl

ENSG00000111796

ENSMUSG00000030361

UniProt

Q12918

P27811

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002258

NM_001159902
NM_010737

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002249.1

NP_001153374.1
NP_034867.3

Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 9.59 – 9.61 Mb Chr 6: 128.61 – 128.62 Mb
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Killer cell lectin-like receptor subfamily B, member 1, also known as NK1.1,KLRB1, NKR-P1A or CD161 (cluster of differentiation 161), is a human gene.[3]

Function

Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes that mediate cytotoxicity and secrete cytokines after immune stimulation. Several genes of the C-type lectin superfamily, including the rodent NKRP1 family of glycoproteins, are expressed by NK cells and may be involved in the regulation of NK cell function. The KLRB1 protein contains an extracellular domain with several motifs characteristic of C-type lectins, a transmembrane domain, and a cytoplasmic domain. The KLRB1 protein, NKR-P1A or CD161, is classified as a type II membrane protein because it has an external C terminus.[3] NKR-P1A, the receptor encoded by the KLRB1 gene, recognizes Lectin Like Transcript-1 (LLT1) as a functional ligand.

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Further reading

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