ULBP1

UL16 binding protein 1

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a ligand of natural killer group 2, member D (NKG2D), an immune system-activating receptor on NK cells and T-cells. Binding of the encoded ligand to NKG2D leads to activation of several signal transduction pathways, including those of JAK2, STAT5, ERK and PI3K kinase/Akt. Also, in cytomegalovirus-infected cells, this ligand binds the UL16 glycoprotein and is prevented from activating the immune system. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]

Known Variants33 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs7702434226:150,285,196C/Tuncertain significance
rs5306123426:150,285,198G/Tuncertain significance
rs1407366326:150,285,205C/Guncertain significance
rs617424246:150,285,262G/Abenign
rs769682266:150,288,009G/Aintron variant
rs48701636:150,289,707C/Tregulatory region variant
rs11677181746:150,289,806G/Auncertain significance
rs5752902936:150,289,834G/Cuncertain significance
rs736146526:150,289,867G/Abenign
rs12426298716:150,289,871A/Cuncertain significance
rs7532083916:150,289,883T/Auncertain significance
rs9987981886:150,289,971T/Auncertain significance
rs7814154406:150,290,241A/Guncertain significance
rs3690057996:150,290,274G/Auncertain significance
rs747016186:150,290,302A/Gbenign
rs3777244346:150,290,311A/Clikely benign
rs3713949506:150,290,312G/Tuncertain significance
rs10263602876:150,290,325G/Cuncertain significance
rs7495023466:150,290,332A/Guncertain significance
rs7626650216:150,290,354T/Alikely benign
rs1916916086:150,290,371A/Tbenign
rs7587595366:150,290,379G/Cuncertain significance
rs792899056:150,290,398G/Tuncertain significance
rs3680782646:150,290,407C/Auncertain significance
rs7731808656:150,290,414C/Auncertain significance
rs7594962126:150,290,446T/Clikely benign
rs7653819356:150,290,447G/Auncertain significance
rs7576511926:150,290,459A/Cuncertain significance
rs3738091126:150,290,468G/Auncertain significance
rs1153360026:150,291,189G/Abenign
rs7492428016:150,291,208A/Cuncertain significance
rs7619361666:150,291,220C/Auncertain significance
rs24830683076:150,291,227T/Auncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.