Protein Name C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 3
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 2833
Gene Symbol

CXCR3

UniProt P49682 (CXCR3_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 250
Total Number of Articles : 248
Description

C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 3

Gene Summary

This gene encodes a G protein-coupled receptor with selectivity for three chemokines, termed CXCL9/Mig (monokine induced by interferon-g), CXCL10/IP10 (interferon-g-inducible 10 kDa protein) and CXCL11/I-TAC (interferon-inducible T cell a-chemoattractant). Binding of chemokines to this protein induces cellular responses that are involved in leukocyte traffic, most notably integrin activation, cytoskeletal changes and chemotactic migration. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. One of the isoforms (CXCR3-B) shows high affinity binding to chemokine, CXCL4/PF4 (PMID:12782716). [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2011]

synonyms
  • C-X-C chemokine receptor type 3
  • G protein-coupled receptor 9
  • IP-10 receptor
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Properties