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/Glikely benign
rs74672087419:55,344,243G/Tuncertain significance
rs11437111919:55,345,723G/C
rs13986129119:55,346,540T/Cuncertain significance
rs7848720619:55,347,738G/T
rs11290474619:55,349,034T/Clikely benign
rs114350719:55,349,070A/Clikely benign
rs251437197219:55,349,081T/Cuncertain significance
rs77830544919:55,349,117G/Alikely benign
rs36865731619:55,349,124T/Guncertain significance
rs37569563819:55,349,159A/Cuncertain significance
rs36785148319:55,349,160A/Guncertain significance
rs37212422219:55,349,211A/Guncertain significance
rs113048519:55,349,221T/Clikely benign
rs251437604219:55,349,230G/Tuncertain significance
rs206292416519:55,349,231A/Cuncertain significance
rs76364218619:55,349,248A/Glikely benign
rs14263594219:55,349,293G/Tuncertain significance
rs11224039519:55,349,347A/Tintron variant
rs53895684119:55,350,264G/C
rs160157936919:55,351,019A/Glikely benign
rs14801503519:55,351,039C/Tlikely benign
rs160158059619:55,351,094T/Clikely benign
rs11131258619:55,351,112G/Alikely 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.