UniProt functional annotation for Q9HBE5

UniProt code: Q9HBE5.

Organism: Homo sapiens (Human).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
 
Function: This is a receptor for interleukin-21.
 
Subunit: Heterodimer with the common gamma subunit. Associates with JAK1. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22235133}.
Subcellular location: Membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.
Tissue specificity: Selectively expressed in lymphoid tissues. Most highly expressed in thymus and spleen.
Domain: The WSXWS motif appears to be necessary for proper protein folding and thereby efficient intracellular transport and cell-surface receptor binding. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22235133}.
Domain: The box 1 motif is required for JAK interaction and/or activation. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:22235133}.
Ptm: C-mannosylated at Trp-214 in the WSXWS motif, the sugar chain makes extensive hydrogen bonds with Asn-73 sugar, and bridges the two fibronectin domains transforming the V-shaped receptor into an A-frame.
Disease: Immunodeficiency 56 (IMD56) [MIM:615207]: An autosomal recessive primary immunodeficiency characterized by B- and T-cell defects and variable dysfunction of NK cells. Patients tend to have normal numbers of lymphocytes, but show defective class-switched B- cells, low IgG, defective antibody response, and defective T-cell responses to certain antigens. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23440042}. Note=The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Disease: Note=Chromosomal aberrations involving IL21R is a cause of B- cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas (B-cell NHL). Translocation t(3;16)(q27;p11), with BCL6.
Similarity: Belongs to the type I cytokine receptor family. Type 4 subfamily. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.