Protein Name interleukin 15 receptor, alpha chain
Organism Mus musculus
Gene ID 16169
Gene Symbol

Il15ra

UniProt Q60819 (I15RA_MOUSE), Q810T6 (Q810T6_MOUSE), Q501M1 (Q501M1_MOUSE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 29
Total Number of Articles : 25
Description

interleukin 15 receptor, alpha chain

Gene Summary

Predicted to enable interleukin-15 receptor activity and protein kinase binding activity. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of natural killer cell differentiation. Located in cytoplasmic vesicle. Is expressed in central nervous system; olfactory epithelium; and retina. Orthologous to human IL15RA (interleukin 15 receptor subunit alpha). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • interleukin-15 receptor subunit alpha
  • IL-15 receptor subunit alpha
  • IL-15R-alpha
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Properties