CD160 antigen; natural killer cell receptor BY55 (CD160, BY55)

Function

• receptor showing broad specificity for both classical & non-classical MHC class I molecules

Structure

• homomultimer, disulfide-linked
• contains 1 Ig-like V-type domain (immunoglobulin-like)

Compartment

cell membrane; lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor

Expression

• expressed in spleen, peripheral blood, & small intestine
• expression is restricted to functional NK cells & cytotoxic T-cells

More general terms

• CD antigen
• immunoglobulin superfamily protein
• glypiated protein
• cell surface receptor

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1112
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/604463
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O95971.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=11126