IL-2 receptor
| interleukin 2 receptor, alpha chain | |||||||
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Structure of IL-2 (helical protein) with IL2RA (sheet-rich protein). PDB rendering based on 1z92. | |||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | IL2RA | ||||||
| Alt. symbols | IL2R CD25 | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 3559 | ||||||
| HGNC | 6008 | ||||||
| OMIM | 147730 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_000417 | ||||||
| UniProt | P01589 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Locus | Chr. 10 p15.1 | ||||||
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| interleukin 2 receptor, beta chain | |||||||
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Structure of IL2 with one chain of IL2RA, two chains of IL2RB, two chains of IL2RG. PDB rendering based on 2b5i. | |||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | IL2RB | ||||||
| Alt. symbols | CD122 | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 3560 | ||||||
| HGNC | 6009 | ||||||
| OMIM | 146710 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_000878 | ||||||
| UniProt | P14784 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Locus | Chr. 22 q13 | ||||||
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| interleukin 2 receptor, gamma chain (severe combined immunodeficiency) | |||||||
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Crystallographic structure of IL-2 (center alpha helices) complexed with the common gamma chain (IL2RG; 10 O'Clock to 1 O'Clock), IL2RA (4 O'Clock), and IL2RB (7 O'Clock to 9 O'Clock). Each protein is individually rainbow colored (N-terminus = blue, C-terminus = red). | |||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | IL2RG | ||||||
| Alt. symbols | SCIDX1, IMD4, CD132 | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 3561 | ||||||
| HGNC | 6010 | ||||||
| OMIM | 308380 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_000206 | ||||||
| UniProt | P31785 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Locus | Chr. X q13 | ||||||
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The interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) is a heterotrimeric protein expressed on the surface of certain immune cells, such as lymphocytes, that binds and responds to a cytokine called IL-2.