interleukin 6 receptor

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Protein Protein Q21116057

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
protein
Part of
Fibronectin type III superfamily, Immunoglobulin-like domain superfamily, Immunoglobulin-like fold, Fibronectin type III, protein family, immunoglobulin subtype, protein family, Type I cytokine receptor, cytokine-binding domain, protein family, Immunoglobulin subtype 2, protein family, immunoglobulin-like domain, protein family, Immunoglobulin domain, protein family, Long hematopoietin receptor, soluble alpha chain, conserved site, protein family[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Biological process
positive regulation of activation of Janus kinase activity, response to cytokine, hepatic immune response, extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway, monocyte chemotaxis, ciliary neurotrophic factor-mediated signaling pathway, positive regulation of leukocyte chemotaxis, negative regulation of interleukin-8 production, positive regulation of osteoblast differentiation, defense response to Gram-negative bacterium, acute-phase response, positive regulation of NF-kappaB transcription factor activity, positive regulation of cell population proliferation, positive regulation of interleukin-6 production, positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation, positive regulation of chemokine production, neutrophil mediated immunity, negative regulation of collagen biosynthetic process, endocrine pancreas development, positive regulation of MAPK cascade, positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation, defense response to Gram-positive bacterium, positive regulation of tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT protein, cytokine-mediated signaling pathway, interleukin-6-mediated signaling pathway, positive regulation of T-helper 1 type immune response, regulation of signaling receptor activity, positive regulation of activation of Janus kinase activity, positive regulation of interferon-gamma production, positive regulation of natural killer cell activation, positive regulation of activated T cell proliferation, positive regulation of tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT protein, positive regulation of lymphocyte proliferation, positive regulation of NK T cell activation, interleukin-6-mediated signaling pathway, positive regulation of glomerular mesangial cell proliferation
Cell component
integral component of membrane, membrane, plasma membrane, extracellular region, basolateral plasma membrane, apical plasma membrane, interleukin-6 receptor complex, ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor complex, extracellular space, cell surface, interleukin-6 receptor complex, external side of plasma membrane, receptor complex, interleukin-12 complex, interleukin-23 complex
Encoded by
IL6R
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens
Has part(s)
immunoglobulin domain, immunoglobulin subtype 2, fibronectin type III, immunoglobulin-like domain, Type I cytokine receptor, cytokine-binding domain, Long hematopoietin receptor, soluble alpha chain, conserved site, immunoglobulin subtype[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Molecular function
ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor activity, protein homodimerization activity, interleukin-6 receptor binding, protein binding, cytokine receptor activity, enzyme binding, ciliary neurotrophic factor binding, interleukin-6 receptor activity, interleukin-6 binding, cytokine receptor activity, interleukin-12 receptor binding, growth factor activity, cytokine binding, interleukin-6 binding, interleukin-12 alpha subunit binding, interleukin-23 receptor binding
🏷️ Also known as
en CD126 antigen en gp80 en IL6R en IL-6R 1 en IL-6 receptor subunit alpha en interleukin 6 receptor en interleukin-6 receptor subunit alpha en membrane glycoprotein 80 en Receptors, Interleukin-6

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Summary

interleukin 6 receptor is a protein[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [12] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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