IL3RA

interleukin 3 receptor subunit alpha

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is an interleukin 3 specific subunit of a heterodimeric cytokine receptor. The receptor is comprised of a ligand specific alpha subunit and a signal transducing beta subunit shared by the receptors for interleukin 3 (IL3), colony stimulating factor 2 (CSF2/GM-CSF), and interleukin 5 (IL5). The binding of this protein to IL3 depends on the beta subunit. The beta subunit is activated by the ligand binding, and is required for the biological activities of IL3. This gene and the gene encoding the colony stimulating factor 2 receptor alpha chain (CSF2RA) form a cytokine receptor gene cluster in a X-Y pseudoautosomal region on chromosomes X or Y. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2012]

Known Variants11 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs28866889Y:1,404,604A/C
rs17884006Y:1,414,184G/A
rs6422441Y:1,420,937C/T
rs6603272Y:1,421,138G/A
rs6645249Y:1,425,890A/G
rs147772004X:1,467,397C/Tlikely benign
rs17879004X:1,467,404A/Csynonymous variant
rs17883572X:1,471,062G/Clikely benign
rs148752792X:1,471,102C/Tbenign
rs17883192X:1,471,542C/Gintron variant
rs767733607X:1,501,319G/Abenign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.