Structural highlights
Function
KI2L1_HUMAN Receptor on natural killer (NK) cells for HLA-C alleles. Inhibits the activity of NK cells thus preventing cell lysis.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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References
- ↑ Yu MC, Su LL, Zou L, Liu Y, Wu N, Kong L, Zhuang ZH, Sun L, Liu HP, Hu JH, Li D, Strominger JL, Zang JW, Pei G, Ge BX. An essential function for beta-arrestin 2 in the inhibitory signaling of natural killer cells. Nat Immunol. 2008 Aug;9(8):898-907. doi: 10.1038/ni.1635. Epub 2008 Jul 11. PMID:18604210 doi:10.1038/ni.1635