# Interleukin 15 receptor subunit alpha

> mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens

**Wikidata**: [Q21103380](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21103380)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/interleukin-15-receptor-subunit-alpha


## References

1. UniProt
2. [InterPro Release 71.0](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/protein/Q13261)
3. Q20641742
4. [Identification and cloning of a novel IL-15 binding protein that is structurally related to the alpha chain of the IL-2 receptor](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q13261)
5. [Mechanistic and structural insight into the functional dichotomy between IL-2 and IL-15](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q13261)
6. [Soluble interleukin-15 receptor alpha (IL-15R alpha)-sushi as a selective and potent agonist of IL-15 action through IL-15R beta/gamma. Hyperagonist IL-15 x IL-15R alpha fusion proteins](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q13261)
7. [Functional characterization of the human interleukin-15 receptor alpha chain and close linkage of IL15RA and IL2RA genes](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?protein=Q13261&geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q13261)
8. [Identification and cloning of a novel IL-15 binding protein that is structurally related to the alpha chain of the IL-2 receptor](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?protein=Q13261&geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q13261)
9. [Interleukin-15 enhances human neutrophil phagocytosis by a Syk-dependent mechanism: importance of the IL-15Ralpha chain](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q13261)
10. [Phylogenetic-based propagation of functional annotations within the Gene Ontology consortium](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q13261)
11. [GOA](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q13261)
12. [Interleukin-15 enhances human neutrophil phagocytosis by a Syk-dependent mechanism: importance of the IL-15Ralpha chain](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?protein=Q13261&geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q13261)
13. [Functional characterization of the human interleukin-15 receptor alpha chain and close linkage of IL15RA and IL2RA genes](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q13261)
14. [GOA](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?protein=Q13261&geneProductId=UniProtKB:Q13261)
15. Ensembl Release 99
16. UMLS 2023