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/Alikely benign
rs118273219019:55,250,020A/Cuncertain significance
rs37165429319:55,250,967C/Auncertain significance
rs37605362419:55,250,976T/Guncertain significance
rs198785519:55,251,856C/A
rs163942919:55,252,788T/C
rs19392105119:55,253,422C/Tuncertain significance
rs137570558019:55,253,426G/Auncertain significance
rs134824696119:55,253,464C/Tuncertain significance
rs251562289119:55,253,468T/Auncertain significance
rs251562357219:55,253,491A/Tuncertain significance
rs76118880319:55,253,516G/Tuncertain significance
rs207124866119:55,253,538C/Auncertain significance
rs14563856919:55,253,556G/Cuncertain significance
rs124368541319:55,253,581C/Auncertain significance
rs120130308619:55,253,618G/Tuncertain significance
rs77232930219:55,253,621C/Guncertain significance
rs77381315219:55,253,627T/Clikely benign
rs75357126219:55,253,673C/Guncertain significance
rs53936146219:55,253,685G/Cuncertain significance
rs140840941319:55,253,696C/Tuncertain significance
rs77155684119:55,253,715C/Guncertain significance
rs1166753219:55,254,871G/T
rs251566242219:55,255,278G/Auncertain significance
rs36895442619:55,255,303G/Alikely benign
rs75620659619:55,255,335T/Cuncertain significance
rs20204887719:55,255,424C/Guncertain significance
rs18584552619:55,255,435G/Auncertain significance
rs56278163419:55,255,453G/Auncertain significance
rs77180342319:55,255,470G/Auncertain significance
rs128112248119:55,255,512G/Cuncertain 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/Auncertain significance
rs76808758919:55,263,119A/Cuncertain significance
rs75525944719:55,263,128T/Cuncertain significance
rs79635128219:55,263,144C/Tlikely benign
rs87940146719:55,263,179T/Cuncertain significance
rs14686059419:55,263,184C/Tlikely benign
rs79675841419:55,263,673G/Tuncertain significance
rs79659147719:55,263,700A/Glikely benign
rs76117897319:55,263,709G/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs77017822919:55,263,892T/Auncertain significance
rs56036366919:55,263,928C/Guncertain significance
rs87893954819:55,263,963G/Auncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.