Products

Antibody Production

Entrez GeneID

GeneBank Accession#

Protein Accession#

Gene Name

KLRC1

Gene Alias

CD159A, MGC13374, MGC59791, NKG2, NKG2A

Gene Description

killer cell lectin-like receptor subfamily C, member 1

Omim ID

Gene Ontology

Gene Summary

Natural killer (NK) cells are lymphocytes that can mediate lysis of certain tumor cells and virus-infected cells without previous activation. They can also regulate specific humoral and cell-mediated immunity. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the killer cell lectin-like receptor family, also called NKG2 family, which is a group of transmembrane proteins preferentially expressed in NK cells. This family of proteins is characterized by the type II membrane orientation and the presence of a C-type lectin domain. This protein forms a complex with another family member, KLRD1/CD94, and has been implicated in the recognition of the MHC class I HLA-E molecules in NK cells. The genes of NKG2 family members form a killer cell lectin-like receptor gene cluster on chromosome 12. Four alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding two distinct isoforms have been observed. [provided by RefSeq

Other Designations

C-lectin type II protein|NK cell receptor A|NKG2-1/B activating NK receptor|NKG2-A/B type II integral membrane protein|natural killer cell lectin|natural killer group protein 2