KIR2DL3

killer cell immunoglobulin like receptor, two Ig domains and long cytoplasmic tail 3

Summary

Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are transmembrane glycoproteins expressed by natural killer cells and subsets of T cells. The KIR genes are polymorphic and highly homologous and they are found in a cluster on chromosome 19q13.4 within the 1 Mb leukocyte receptor complex (LRC). The gene content of the KIR gene cluster varies among haplotypes, although several "framework" genes are found in all haplotypes (KIR3DL3, KIR3DP1, KIR3DL4, KIR3DL2). The KIR proteins are classified by the number of extracellular immunoglobulin domains (2D or 3D) and by whether they have a long (L) or short (S) cytoplasmic domain. KIR proteins with the long cytoplasmic domain transduce inhibitory signals upon ligand binding via an immune tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM), while KIR proteins with the short cytoplasmic domain lack the ITIM motif and instead associate with the TYRO protein tyrosine kinase binding protein to transduce activating signals. The ligands for several KIR proteins are subsets of HLA class I molecules; thus, KIR proteins are thought to play an important role in regulation of the immune response. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants50 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs163942519:55,248,857A/C——
rs37689104319:55,249,060C/G——
rs1040975119:55,249,570G/C——
rs37465314019:55,250,016G/A—likely benign
rs118273219019:55,250,020A/C—uncertain significance
rs37165429319:55,250,967C/A—uncertain significance
rs37605362419:55,250,976T/G—uncertain significance
rs198785519:55,251,856C/A——
rs163942919:55,252,788T/C——
rs19392105119:55,253,422C/T—uncertain significance
rs137570558019:55,253,426G/A—uncertain significance
rs134824696119:55,253,464C/T—uncertain significance
rs251562289119:55,253,468T/A—uncertain significance
rs251562357219:55,253,491A/T—uncertain significance
rs76118880319:55,253,516G/T—uncertain significance
rs207124866119:55,253,538C/A—uncertain significance
rs14563856919:55,253,556G/C—uncertain significance
rs124368541319:55,253,581C/A—uncertain significance
rs120130308619:55,253,618G/T—uncertain significance
rs77232930219:55,253,621C/G—uncertain significance
rs77381315219:55,253,627T/C—likely benign
rs75357126219:55,253,673C/G—uncertain significance
rs53936146219:55,253,685G/C—uncertain significance
rs140840941319:55,253,696C/T—uncertain significance
rs77155684119:55,253,715C/G—uncertain significance
rs1166753219:55,254,871G/T——
rs251566242219:55,255,278G/A—uncertain significance
rs36895442619:55,255,303G/A—likely benign
rs75620659619:55,255,335T/C—uncertain significance
rs20204887719:55,255,424C/G—uncertain significance
rs18584552619:55,255,435G/A—uncertain significance
rs56278163419:55,255,453G/A—uncertain significance
rs77180342319:55,255,470G/A—uncertain significance
rs128112248119:55,255,512G/C—uncertain significance
rs1041482519:55,255,721A/G——
rs52788564019:55,256,876G/A——
rs6212255419:55,257,504G/T——
rs7885232319:55,258,460G/A——
rs77847024919:55,263,112C/A—uncertain significance
rs76808758919:55,263,119A/C—uncertain significance
rs75525944719:55,263,128T/C—uncertain significance
rs79635128219:55,263,144C/T—likely benign
rs87940146719:55,263,179T/C—uncertain significance
rs14686059419:55,263,184C/T—likely benign
rs79675841419:55,263,673G/T—uncertain significance
rs79659147719:55,263,700A/G—likely benign
rs76117897319:55,263,709G/A—conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs77017822919:55,263,892T/A—uncertain significance
rs56036366919:55,263,928C/G—uncertain significance
rs87893954819:55,263,963G/A—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.