LOCUS AAG29348.1 162 aa PRT HUM 03-NOV-2000 DEFINITION Homo sapiens interleukin 21 protein. ACCESSION AF254069-1 PROTEIN_ID AAG29348.1 SOURCE Homo sapiens (human) ORGANISM Homo sapiens Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo. REFERENCE 1 (bases 1 to 642) AUTHORS Parrish-Novak,J., Dillon,S.R., Nelson,A., Hammond,A., Sprecher,C., Gross,J.A., Johnston,J., Madden,K., Xu,W., West,J., Schrader,S., Burkhead,S., Heipel,M., Brandt,C., Kuijper,J.L., Kramer,J., Conklin,D., Presnell,S.R., Berry,J., Shiota,F., Bort,S., Hambly,K., Mudri,S., Clegg,C., Moore,M., Grant,F.J., Lofton-Day,C., Gilbert,T., Rayond,F., Ching,A., Yao,L., Smith,D., Webster,P., Whitmore,T., Maurer,M., Kaushansky,K., Holly,R.D. and Foster,D. TITLE Interleukin 21 and its receptor are involved in NK cell expansion and regulation of lymphocyte function JOURNAL Nature 408 (6808), 57-63 (2000) PUBMED 11081504 REFERENCE 2 (bases 1 to 642) AUTHORS Parrish-Novak,J.E., Presnell,S.R., Conklin,D.C. and Hammond,A.K. TITLE Direct Submission JOURNAL Submitted (10-APR-2000) Functional Cloning, ZymoGenetics, Inc., 1201 Eastlake Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98102, USA FEATURES Qualifiers source /db_xref="H-InvDB:HIT000075104" /organism="Homo sapiens" /mol_type="mRNA" /db_xref="taxon:9606" /chromosome="4" /map="4q26-q27" protein /gene="IL21" /note="four helix bundle cytokine" BEGIN 1 MRSSPGNMER IVICLMVIFL GTLVHKSSSQ GQDRHMIRMR QLIDIVDQLK NYVNDLVPEF 61 LPAPEDVETN CEWSAFSCFQ KAQLKSANTG NNERIINVSI KKLKRKPPST NAGRRQKHRL 121 TCPSCDSYEK KPPKEFLERF KSLLQKMIHQ HLSSRTHGSE DS //