Description
Product Characteristics: CD94, also known as KLRD1 (killer cell lectin-like receptor D1), is a transmembrane glycoprotein of the C-type lectin family, which forms disulfide-linked heterodimers with NKG2A, B, C, E, H proteins, constituting functionally distinct receptors of NK cells and related cell types. CD94/NKG2A and CD94/NKG2B heterodimers serve as inhibitory, whereas CD94/NKG2C and CD94/NKG2E as activating receptors. The ligand for CD94/NKG2 complexes has been identified as HLA-E. Extent of CD94 expression on NK cell surface can be used to demonstrate their progress through the differentiation process.
Target Information: Natural killer (NK) cells are a distinct lineage of lymphocytes that mediate cytotoxic activity and secrete cytokines upon immune stimulation. Several genes of the C-type lectin superfamily, including members of the NKG2 family, are expressed by NK cells and may be involved in the regulation of NK cell function. KLRD1 (CD94) is an antigen preferentially expressed on NK cells and is classified as a type II membrane protein because it has an external C terminus. Three transcript variants encoding two different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]