UniProt functional annotation for O88713

UniProt code: O88713.

Organism: Mus musculus (Mouse).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus.
 
Function: Plays an inhibitory role on natural killer (NK) cells and T- cell functions upon binding to their non-MHC ligands. May mediate missing self recognition by binding to a highly conserved site on classical cadherins, enabling it to monitor expression of E- cadherin/CDH1, N-cadherin/CDH2 and R-cadherin/CDH4 on target cells. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19604491}.
 
Subunit: Forms a monomer and homodimer; disulfide-linked (By similarity). Interacts (via ITIM motif) with PTPN11 and INPP5D. {ECO:0000250, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17307799, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19604491}.
Subcellular location: Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19604491}; Single-pass type II membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:19604491}.
Tissue specificity: Expressed specifically on natural killer (NK) cells and activated CD8 T-cells. Not detected in spleen, thymus, lymph node, testis, brain or kidney. Not detected on mast cell lines, bone marrow- derived mast cells, or peritoneal mast cells. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9862378, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9862665}.
Induction: By pathogens and viruses infections. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11673487, ECO:0000269|PubMed:11884419}.
Domain: Contains 1 copy of a cytoplasmic motif that is referred to as the immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitor motif (ITIM). This motif is involved in modulation of cellular responses. Upon phosphorylation of ITIM motif KLRG1 associates with the two phosphatases, PTPN11 and INPP5D.
Ptm: Phosphorylated in response to monoclonal antibody G63 binding and antigenic stimulation. {ECO:0000250}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.