Interleukin-18

<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
• interleukin-18 receptor binding Source: UniProtKB

GO - Biological processⁱ

• activation of protein kinase B activity Source: Ensembl
• angiogenesis Source: Ensembl
• cell population proliferation Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to organic cyclic compound Source: Ensembl
• cholesterol homeostasis Source: Ensembl
• inflammatory response Source: UniProtKB-KW
• interleukin-18-mediated signaling pathway Source: UniProtKB
• lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathway Source: Ensembl
• MAPK cascade Source: Ensembl
• natural killer cell activation Source: Ensembl
• natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity Source: Ensembl
• negative regulation of myoblast differentiation Source: Ensembl
• neutrophil activation Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of activated T cell proliferation Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor production Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of interferon-gamma production Source: UniProtKB
• positive regulation of interleukin-17 production Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of macrophage derived foam cell differentiation Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of natural killer cell proliferation Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of NF-kappaB transcription factor activity Source: UniProtKB
• positive regulation of NIK/NF-kappaB signaling Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of NK T cell proliferation Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of protein kinase B signaling Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of T-helper 1 cell cytokine production Source: UniProtKB
• positive regulation of T-helper 2 cell differentiation Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II Source: Ensembl
• positive regulation of tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT protein Source: Ensembl
• T-helper 1 type immune response Source: Ensembl
• triglyceride homeostasis Source: Ensembl

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='/help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywordsⁱ

<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

Organism-specific databases

<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

• UniProt annotation
• GO - Cellular component

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

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/ptm%5Fprocessing%5Fsection">PTM/processing</a> section describes post-translational modifications (PTMs). This subsection <strong>complements</strong> the information provided at the sequence level or describes modifications for which <strong>position-specific data is not yet available</strong>.<p><a href='/help/post-translational_modification' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Post-translational modificationⁱ

Proteomic databases

<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

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/interaction%5Fsection">'Interaction'</a> section provides information about the protein quaternary structure and interaction(s) with other proteins or protein complexes (with the exception of physiological receptor-ligand interactions which are annotated in the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/function%5Fsection">'Function'</a> section).<p><a href='/help/subunit_structure' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Subunit structureⁱ

GO - Molecular functionⁱ

• cytokine activity Source: UniProtKB
• interleukin-18 receptor binding Source: UniProtKB

<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

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%5Flength">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>Sequence (1+)ⁱ

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences%5Fsection">Sequence</a> section indicates if the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical%5Fand%5Fisoforms">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%5Fsection">Sequence</a> section indicates if the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical%5Fand%5Fisoforms">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.

This entry has 1 described isoform and 1 potential isoform that is computationally mapped.Show allAlign All

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MAAGPVEDNC ISLVEMKFID NTLYFVAEND ENLESDYFGR LEPKLSIIRN 
        60         70         80         90        100
LNDQVLFINQ GNQPVFEDMP DSDCTDNAPQ TVFIIYMYKD SLTRGLAVTI 
       110        120        130        140        150
SVKCEKTSTL SCKNKIISFK EMSPPENIND EGNDIIFFQR SVPGHDDKIQ 
       160        170        180        190 
FESSLYKGYF LACEKENDLF KLILKEKDEN GDKSVMFTVQ NQN        

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

• 100% Identity
• 90% Identity
• 50% Identity

<p>This section is used to point to information related to entries and found in data collections other than UniProtKB.<p><a href='/help/cross_references_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Cross-referencesⁱ

Sequence databases

3D structure databases

Proteomic 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