Interleukin-15

<p>This section provides any useful information about the protein, mostly biological knowledge.<p><a href='/help/function_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Functionⁱ

<p>The <a href="http://www.geneontology.org/">Gene Ontology (GO)</a> project provides a set of hierarchical controlled vocabulary split into 3 categories:<p><a href='/help/gene_ontology' target='_top'>More...</a></p>GO - Molecular functionⁱ

• cytokine activity Source: UniProtKB-KW
• cytokine receptor binding Source: InterPro

GO - Biological processⁱ

• cell maturation Source: Ensembl
• extrathymic T cell selection Source: Ensembl
• immune response Source: InterPro
• interleukin-15-mediated signaling pathway Source: UniProtKB
• lymph node development Source: Ensembl
• macrophage differentiation Source: Ensembl
• natural killer cell differentiation Source: Ensembl
• negative regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis Source: Ensembl
• neutrophil activation Source: UniProtKB
• NK T cell proliferation Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of immune response Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of interleukin-17 production Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of natural killer cell differentiation Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of natural killer cell proliferation Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation Source: UniProtKB
• positive regulation of phagocytosis Source: UniProtKB
• positive regulation of protein O-linked glycosylation Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of T cell proliferation Source: Ensembl
• regulation of defense response to virus by host Source: Ensembl
• regulation of T cell differentiation Source: Ensembl
• tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT protein Source: Ensembl

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<p>This section provides information about the protein and gene name(s) and synonym(s) and about the organism that is the source of the protein sequence.<p><a href='/help/names_and_taxonomy_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Names & Taxonomyⁱ

<p>This section provides information on the location and the topology of the mature protein in the cell.<p><a href='/help/subcellular_location_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Subcellular locationⁱ

Keywords - Cellular componentⁱ

<p>This section describes post-translational modifications (PTMs) and/or processing events.<p><a href='/help/ptm_processing_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>PTM / Processingⁱ

Molecule processing

Amino acid modifications

Keywords - PTMⁱ

<p>This section provides information on the expression of a gene at the mRNA or protein level in cells or in tissues of multicellular organisms.<p><a href='/help/expression_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Expressionⁱ

Gene expression databases

<p>This section provides information on the quaternary structure of a protein and on interaction(s) with other proteins or protein complexes.<p><a href='/help/interaction_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Interactionⁱ

GO - Molecular functionⁱ

• cytokine activity Source: UniProtKB-KW
• cytokine receptor binding Source: InterPro

Protein-protein interaction databases

<p>This section provides information on the tertiary and secondary structure of a protein.<p><a href='/help/structure_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Structureⁱ

3D structure databases

<p>This section provides information on sequence similarities with other proteins and the domain(s) present in a protein.<p><a href='/help/family_and_domains_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Family & Domainsⁱ

<p>This subsection of the ‘Family and domains’ section provides information about the sequence similarity with other proteins.<p><a href='/help/sequence_similarities' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence similaritiesⁱ

Keywords - Domainⁱ

Phylogenomic databases

Family and domain databases

<p>This section displays by default the canonical protein sequence and upon request all isoforms described in the entry. It also includes information pertinent to the sequence(s), including <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequence_length">length</a> and <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences">molecular weight</a>. The information is filed in different subsections. The current subsections and their content are listed below:<p><a href='/help/sequences_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequenceⁱ

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences_section">Sequence</a> section indicates if the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical_and_isoforms">canonical sequence</a> displayed by default in the entry is complete or not.<p><a href='/help/sequence_status' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence statusⁱ: Complete.

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences_section">Sequence</a> section indicates if the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical_and_isoforms">canonical sequence</a> displayed by default in the entry is in its mature form or if it represents the precursor.<p><a href='/help/sequence_processing' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence processingⁱ: The displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.

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MRISKPSLRS TSIQCYLCFL LNSHLITEAG IHVFVWGCIS AGLPKTEASW 
        60         70         80         90        100
HDVIYDLKRI ENLIQSIHID ATLYTESDVH PNCKITAMKC FLLELRVILH 
       110        120        130        140        150
ESRNEDIHET ITNLIILANS SLNSNGNVTE SGCKECEELE EKSIAEFLQS 
       160 
FVHIVQMFIN TS                                          

Sequence databases

Genome annotation databases

<p>This section provides links to proteins that are similar to the protein sequence(s) described in this entry at different levels of sequence identity thresholds (100%, 90% and 50%) based on their membership in UniProt Reference Clusters (<a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/uniref">UniRef</a>).<p><a href='/help/similar_proteins_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Similar proteinsⁱ

• 50% Identity

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Sequence databases

3D structure databases

Protein-protein interaction databases

Protocols and materials databases

Genome annotation databases

Organism-specific databases

Phylogenomic databases

Gene expression databases

Family and domain databases

<p>This section provides general information on the entry.<p><a href='/help/entry_information_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Entry informationⁱ

<p>This section contains any relevant information that doesn’t fit in any other defined sections<p><a href='/help/miscellaneous_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Miscellaneousⁱ

Keywords - Technical termⁱ

Documents

1. SIMILARITY comments
   Index of protein domains and families