KIR2DS4

killer cell immunoglobulin like receptor, two Ig domains and short cytoplasmic tail 4 (gene/pseudogene)

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 Variants28 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs1166779919:55,343,443G/C——
rs11341087319:55,344,235A/G—likely benign
rs74672087419:55,344,243G/T—uncertain significance
rs11437111919:55,345,723G/C——
rs13986129119:55,346,540T/C—uncertain significance
rs7848720619:55,347,738G/T——
rs11290474619:55,349,034T/C—likely benign
rs114350719:55,349,070A/C—likely benign
rs251437197219:55,349,081T/C—uncertain significance
rs77830544919:55,349,117G/A—likely benign
rs36865731619:55,349,124T/G—uncertain significance
rs37569563819:55,349,159A/C—uncertain significance
rs36785148319:55,349,160A/G—uncertain significance
rs37212422219:55,349,211A/G—uncertain significance
rs113048519:55,349,221T/C—likely benign
rs251437604219:55,349,230G/T—uncertain significance
rs206292416519:55,349,231A/C—uncertain significance
rs76364218619:55,349,248A/G—likely benign
rs14263594219:55,349,293G/T—uncertain significance
rs11224039519:55,349,347A/Tintron variant—
rs53895684119:55,350,264G/C——
rs160157936919:55,351,019A/G—likely benign
rs14801503519:55,351,039C/T—likely benign
rs160158059619:55,351,094T/C—likely benign
rs11131258619:55,351,112G/A—likely benign
rs3464721319:55,353,731G/A——
rs480659419:55,355,350A/Gintron variant—
rs236525319:55,358,233G/C——

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.