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Facts about Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor subfamily B member 4.
Receptor for class I MHC antigens.
Recognizes a broad spectrum of HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C and HLA-G alleles.Involved from the down-regulation of the immune response and the development of tolerance, e.g.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | LILRB4 |
Uniprot: | Q8NHJ6 |
Entrez: | 11006 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
CD85 antigen-like family member K; CD85k antigen; CD85k; HM18; ILT3; ILT-3; ILT3CD85K; leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor, subfamily B (with TM and ITIM domains); LILRB4; LIR5; LIR5LILRB5; LIR-5subfamily B, member 4; member 4
Mass (kDA):
49.356 kDA
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Location: | 19q13.42 |
Sequence: | 19; NC_000019.10 (54662524..54670359) |
Detected in monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, lung, natural killer cells and B-cells.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Ligand binding leads to internalization and translocation to an antigen-processing compartment.
PMID: 9278324 by Arm J.P., et al. Molecular identification of a novel family of human Ig superfamily members that possess immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motifs and homology to the mouse gp49B1 inhibitory receptor.
PMID: 9548455 by Borges L., et al. A family of human lymphoid and myeloid Ig-like receptors, some of which bind to MHC class I molecules.