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Interleukin 1 receptor, type II

Interleukin 1 receptor, type II (IL-1R2) also known as CD121b is an interleukin receptor. IL1R2 also denotes its human gene.

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IL1R2
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesIL1R2, CD121b, CDw121b, IL-1R-2, IL-1RT-2, IL-1RT2, IL1R2c, IL1RB, Interleukin 1 receptor, type II, interleukin 1 receptor type 2
External IDsOMIM: 147811; MGI: 96546; HomoloGene: 7783; GeneCards: IL1R2; OMA:IL1R2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001261419
NM_004633
NM_173343

NM_010555
NM_001360800
NM_001360801

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001248348
NP_004624

NP_034685
NP_001347729
NP_001347730

Location (UCSC)Chr 2: 101.99 – 102.03 MbChr 1: 40.11 – 40.16 Mb
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Interleukin 1 receptor, type II (IL-1R2) also known as CD121b (Cluster of Differentiation 121b) is an interleukin receptor. IL1R2 also denotes its human gene.

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a decoy receptor for certain cytokines that belongs to the interleukin-1 receptor family. This protein binds interleukin-1α (IL1A), interleukin-1β (IL1B), and interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL1Ra), preventing them from binding to their regular receptors and thereby inhibiting the transduction of their signaling. IL-1R2 protein also interacts non-productively with the second component of the signaling IL-1 receptor, namely IL-1RAcP,5 and a complex of the IL-1R2 and IL-1RAcP extracellular domains with interleukin-1 beta has been solved by X-ray crystallography.6 Interleukin 4 (IL4) is reported to antagonize the activity of interleukin 1 by inducing the expression and release of this cytokine. This gene and three other genes form a cytokine receptor gene cluster on chromosome 2q12. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been reported.7

See also

See also

References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000115590Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000026073Ensembl, 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. Lang D, Knop J, Wesche H, Raffetseder U, Kurrle R, Boraschi D, et al. (December 1998). "The type II IL-1 receptor interacts with the IL-1 receptor accessory protein: a novel mechanism of regulation of IL-1 responsiveness". Journal of Immunology. 161 (12): 6871–6877. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.161.12.6871. PMID 9862719. S2CID 8940186.
  6. Wang D, Zhang S, Li L, Liu X, Mei K, Wang X (October 2010). "Structural insights into the assembly and activation of IL-1β with its receptors". Nature Immunology. 11 (10): 905–911. doi:10.1038/ni.1925. PMID 20802483. S2CID 20315956.
  7. "Entrez Gene: IL1R2 interleukin 1 receptor, type II".
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