KIR3DL1

killer cell immunoglobulin like receptor, three Ig domains and long cytoplasmic tail 1

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 Variants48 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs67884619:55,326,613G/C
rs75276811819:55,329,020C/Auncertain significance
rs19990314219:55,329,785C/Guncertain significance
rs37022084419:55,329,799T/Cconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs77642444119:55,329,808G/Auncertain significance
rs36902130119:55,329,821G/Alikely benign
rs75734421319:55,329,832G/Auncertain significance
rs20048537219:55,329,857A/Guncertain significance
rs77418001119:55,329,944T/Cuncertain significance
rs20153824819:55,329,995A/Guncertain significance
rs37546208519:55,330,007C/Tuncertain significance
rs64386119:55,330,036G/Auncertain significance
rs76394625719:55,331,222G/Auncertain significance
rs20058085919:55,331,257A/Glikely benign
rs65264119:55,331,287G/Tuncertain significance
rs6212410119:55,331,299G/Alikely benign
rs20078507019:55,331,314G/Tuncertain significance
rs143374019419:55,331,348A/Guncertain significance
rs142881257819:55,331,359G/Auncertain significance
rs77827035519:55,331,366T/Auncertain significance
rs102696687719:55,331,384G/Auncertain significance
rs76606163519:55,331,417C/Tuncertain significance
rs20172762719:55,331,425C/Guncertain significance
rs147172975619:55,331,427G/Cuncertain significance
rs5731127719:55,332,104G/A
rs251404069319:55,333,028G/Auncertain significance
rs37031849419:55,333,062A/Clikely benign
rs76974648319:55,333,068A/Tuncertain significance
rs20006456019:55,333,080G/Alikely benign
rs75996815519:55,333,103C/Tuncertain significance
rs37476176419:55,333,172C/Auncertain significance
rs19392107719:55,333,173G/Auncertain significance
rs20048100119:55,333,178G/Auncertain significance
rs75375177219:55,333,205C/Tuncertain significance
rs37681117619:55,333,257G/Auncertain significance
rs95227744519:55,333,271G/Auncertain significance
rs20024328619:55,333,298C/Tuncertain significance
rs62569819:55,336,156A/G
rs160139242519:55,336,488C/Guncertain significance
rs251409283219:55,336,518C/Auncertain significance
rs144971864419:55,336,525C/Tuncertain significance
rs64039619:55,337,183T/G
rs725503619:55,338,699G/C
rs18503170519:55,341,407C/Auncertain significance
rs138410272019:55,341,411A/Clikely benign
rs26760567719:55,341,424G/Auncertain significance
rs20011427319:55,341,590G/Cuncertain significance
rs20110512519:55,341,599G/Alikely benign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.