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

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.