Summary: (from NCBI-Entrez) ..[read more]The protein encoded by this gene is an important signaling component of many interleukin receptors, including those of interleukin -2, -4, -7 and -21, and is thus referred to as the common gamma chain. Mutations in this gene cause X-linked severe combined
The receptor for interleukin (IL)-7 (IL-7R) includes a unique alpha chain as well as a common gamma chain shared with the receptors for IL-2 and IL-4. Engagement of the IL-7R activates the intracellular enzyme phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) 3-kinase (Venkitaraman & Cowling 1994).
Kondo M, et al.(Science, 1994) found that the IL-2 receptor gamma chain participates in the functional high-affinity receptor complexes for IL-7 that are involved in the differentiation of T and B cells.
Heteromerization of the gammac chain with the interleukin-9 receptor alpha subunit leads to STAT activation and prevention of apoptosis (Bauer et al. 1998).
Site-specific conjugation to interleukin 4 containing mutated cysteine residues produces interleukin 4-toxin conjugates with improved binding and activity (Kreitman et al. 1994).The common gamma-chain (gamma(c)) that functions both in ligand binding and signal transduction is a shared subunit of the multichain receptors for interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-9, IL-15, and IL-21 (Olosz & Malek 2002).
IL-15 and IL-2 are two structurally and functionally related cytokines whose high affinity receptors share the IL-2R beta-chain and gamma-chain in association with IL-15R alpha-chain (IL-15R alpha) or IL-2R alpha-chain, respectively (Mortier et al 2004). The 2.8 angstrom crystal structure of IL-2 with the IL2RA was resolved by (Rickert et al. 2005). It revealed that the binding of IL-2R to IL-2 stabilizes a secondary binding site for presentation to IL-2R-beta. Gamma-c is then recruited to the composite surface formed by the IL-2/IL-2R-beta complex.
IL-15 and IL-2 are two structurally and functionally related cytokines whose high affinity receptors share the IL-2R beta-chain and gamma-chain in association with IL-15R alpha-chain (IL-15R alpha) or IL-2R alpha-chain, respectively. Whereas IL-2 action seems restricted to the adaptative T cells, IL-15 appears to be crucial for the function of the innate immune responses (Mortier et al. 2004).
Receptor IL2RG interacts with:
All interactions in Receptor family ( Cytokine1R|IL2RG )
Gene Expression data