killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor 2DL5B (killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor 2DLX, CD158f2 antigen, KIR2DL5B, CD158F, CD158F2, KIR2DL5, KIR2DLX)

Function

• receptor on natural killer (NK) cells for HLA-C alleles
• inhibits the activity of NK cells thus preventing cell lysis

Structure

• belongs to the immunoglobulin superfamily
• contains 2 Ig-like C2-type domain (immunoglobulin-like)

Compartment

membrane

More general terms

• killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor 2DL5 (KIR2DL5)
• glycoprotein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/605305
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=553128
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8NHK3.html