Interleukin 15 receptor, alpha subunit

IL15RA
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	2ERS, 2Z3Q, 2Z3R, 4GS7
Identifiers
Aliases	IL15RA , CD215, Interleukin 15 receptor, alpha subunit, interleukin 15 receptor subunit alpha
External IDs	OMIM: 601070 MGI: 104644 HomoloGene: 1650 GeneCards: IL15RA
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 10 (human)
End	5,978,187 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 2 (mouse)
End	11,739,128 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	right lung; ; upper lobe of left lung; ; canal of the cervix; ; gallbladder; ; gastric mucosa; ; left uterine tube; ; right coronary artery; ; subcutaneous adipose tissue; ; body of stomach; ; left coronary artery;
	Top expressed in
	brown adipose tissue; ; extraocular muscle; ; ankle joint; ; left lobe of liver; ; submandibular gland; ; subcutaneous adipose tissue; ; right ventricle; ; lip; ; intercostal muscle; ; thoracic diaphragm;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	cytokine receptor activity ; protein binding ; signal transducer activity ; protein kinase binding ; interleukin-15 receptor activity ;
Cellular component	cytoplasmic vesicle ; integral component of membrane ; extracellular region ; Golgi membrane ; Golgi apparatus ; nuclear membrane ; endoplasmic reticulum membrane ; cytoplasmic vesicle membrane ; nucleus ; endoplasmic reticulum ; membrane ; plasma membrane ; extracellular space ; endosome ; cell surface ;
Biological process	cell population proliferation ; signal transduction ; interleukin-15-mediated signaling pathway ; positive regulation of phagocytosis ;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	3601
	16169
	ENSG00000134470
	ENSMUSG00000023206
	Q13261
	Q60819
NM_001243539 ; NM_001256765 ; NM_002189 ; NM_172200 ; NM_001351095 ;
	NM_001351096 ; NM_001351097
NM_001271497 ; NM_001271498 ; NM_001271499 ; NM_001271500 ; NM_001271501 ;
	NM_008358 ; NM_133836
NP_001230468 ; NP_001243694 ; NP_002180 ; NP_751950 ; NP_001338024 ;
	NP_001338025 ; NP_001338026
NP_001258426 ; NP_001258427 ; NP_001258428 ; NP_001258429 ; NP_001258430 ;
	NP_032384 ; NP_598597
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Last updated January 29, 2023

Interleukin 15 receptor, alpha subunit is a subunit of the interleukin 15 receptor that in humans is encoded by the IL15RA gene.^[5]

Structure

The IL-15 receptor is composed of three subunits: IL-15R alpha, CD122, and CD132. Two of these subunits, CD122 and CD132, are shared with the receptor for IL-2, but IL-2 receptor has an additional subunit (CD25). The shared subunits contain the cytoplasmic motifs required for signal transduction, and this forms the basis of many overlapping biological activities of IL15 and IL2, although in vivo the two cytokines have separate biological effects. This may be due to effects of the respective alpha chains, which are unique to each receptor, the kinetics and affinity of cytokine-cytokine receptor binding, or due to the availability and concentration of each cytokine.

Function

IL-15Ralpha specifically binds IL15 with very high affinity,^[6] and is capable of binding IL-15 independently of other subunits. It is suggested that this property allows IL-15 to be produced by one cell, endocytosed by another cell, and then presented to a third party cell.^[7]

This receptor is reported to enhance cell proliferation and expression of apoptosis inhibitor BCL2L1/BCL2-XL and BCL2. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been reported. The full length sequences of only two variants encoding distinct isoforms are available.^[5]

Isoforms

Several isoforms of the IL-15Ralpha protein have been detected. These isoforms can either result from alternative splicing of the mRNA encoding for the receptor or by shedding of the extra cellular domain of the receptor protein.

Related Research Articles

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[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000134470 - Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000023206 - Ensembl, May 2017

[3] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[4] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[entrez-5] 1 2 EntrezGene 3601

[IL-15_binding_affinity-6] Giri JG, Ahdieh M, Eisenman J, Shanebeck K, Grabstein K, Kumaki S, Namen A, Park LS, Cosman D, Anderson D (1994). "Utilization of the beta and gamma chains of the IL-2 receptor by the novel cytokine IL-15". EMBO J. 13 (12): 2822–30. doi:10.1002/j.1460-2075.1994.tb06576.x. PMC 395163 . PMID 8026467.

[IL-15Rα_recycles_and_presents_IL-15_In_trans_to_neighboring_cells-7] Dubois S, Mariner J, Waldmann TA, Tagaya Y (2002). "IL-15Ralpha recycles and presents IL-15 In trans to neighboring cells". Immunity. 17 (5): 537–47. doi: 10.1016/s1074-7613(02)00429-6 . PMID 12433361. (primary source)

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