PILRA

paired immunoglobin like type 2 receptor alpha

Summary

Cell signaling pathways rely on a dynamic interaction between activating and inhibiting processes. SHP-1-mediated dephosphorylation of protein tyrosine residues is central to the regulation of several cell signaling pathways. Two types of inhibitory receptor superfamily members are immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM)-bearing receptors and their non-ITIM-bearing, activating counterparts. Control of cell signaling via SHP-1 is thought to occur through a balance between PILRalpha-mediated inhibition and PILRbeta-mediated activation. These paired immunoglobulin-like receptor genes are located in a tandem head-to-tail orientation on chromosome 7. This particular gene encodes the ITIM-bearing member of the receptor pair, which functions in the inhibitory role. Alternative splicing has been observed at this locus and three variants, each encoding a distinct isoform, are described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants20 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs24847835847:99,971,745C/Tuncertain significance
rs7680499717:99,971,805G/Alikely benign
rs18597887:99,971,834A/Gbenign
rs1164783827:99,971,997G/Amissense variant
rs11767880657:99,972,026A/Tuncertain significance
rs5455783077:99,972,044T/Alikely benign
rs77925257:99,972,122A/Gregulatory region variant
rs1132027797:99,973,347T/Gintron variant
rs1820754277:99,981,615G/Cintron variant
rs24848141587:99,987,632A/Guncertain significance
rs354742927:99,988,813T/G
rs1452676487:99,995,510C/Tuncertain significance
rs1475847387:99,996,919C/Tuncertain significance
rs13990503577:99,996,934A/Guncertain significance
rs2016396287:99,996,946A/Cuncertain significance
rs2019733587:99,997,420G/Auncertain significance
rs1413451667:99,997,501G/Auncertain significance
rs3682078587:99,997,516G/Auncertain significance
rs24848387817:99,997,524G/Cuncertain significance
rs1854708957:99,997,722T/Cdownstream gene variant

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.