interleukin-20 receptor alpha chain; IL-20R-alpha; IL-20R1; cytokine receptor class-II member 8; cytokine receptor family 2 member 8; CRF2-8; ZcytoR7 (IL20RA, ZCYTOR7, UNQ681/PRO1315)

Function

• IL20RA/IL20RB dimer is a receptor for IL19, IL20 & IL24
• IL20RA/IL10RB dimer is a receptor for IL26

Structure

• belongs to the type II cytokine receptor family
• contains 2 fibronectin F3 modules

Compartment

membrane

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

Expression

• widely expressed
• highest levels in skin & testis
• high levels in brain

Pathology

highly expressed in psoriatic skin

More general terms

• protein subunit
• membrane protein
• glycoprotein

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:5383
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/605620
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=53832
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9UHF4.html