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IL2RG

Chr Xq13.1

interleukin 2 receptor subunit gamma

Aliases:
CD132
MANE:
ENST00000374202.7

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • COVID-19 research

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Gastrointestinal epithelial barrier disorders

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • Infantile enterocolitis & monogenic inflammatory bowel disease

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, monoallelic mutations in females may cause disease (may be less severe, later onset than males)
  • Primary immunodeficiency or monogenic inflammatory bowel disease

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females
  • SCID with features of gamma chain deficiency

    X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • T-B+ severe combined immunodeficiency due to gamma chain deficiency

    0.85
  • combined immunodeficiency, X-linked

    0.74
  • Omenn syndrome

    0.56
  • primary cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma

    0.54
  • renal cell carcinoma

    0.54
  • multiple sclerosis

    0.53
  • kidney transplant

    0.53
  • neoplasm

    0.49
  • metastatic melanoma

    0.48
  • immune system disorder

    0.47

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Cytokine receptor common subunit gamma

Common subunit for the receptors for a variety of interleukins. Probably in association with IL15RA, involved in the stimulation of neutrophil phagocytosis by IL15 (PubMed:15123770)

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.