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
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