U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

ULBP1 UL16 binding protein 1 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 80329, updated on 10-Dec-2024

Summary

Official Symbol
ULBP1provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
UL16 binding protein 1provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:14893
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000111981 MIM:605697; AllianceGenome:HGNC:14893
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
N2DL-1; RAET1I; NKG2DL1
Summary
The protein encoded by this gene is a ligand of natural killer group 2, member D (NKG2D), an immune system-activating receptor on NK cells and T-cells. Binding of the encoded ligand to NKG2D leads to activation of several signal transduction pathways, including those of JAK2, STAT5, ERK and PI3K kinase/Akt. Also, in cytomegalovirus-infected cells, this ligand binds the UL16 glycoprotein and is prevented from activating the immune system. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]
Expression
Biased expression in testis (RPKM 1.6), lung (RPKM 0.5) and 3 other tissues See more
Orthologs
NEW
Try the new Gene table
Try the new Transcript table

Genomic context

See ULBP1 in Genome Data Viewer
Location:
6q25.1
Exon count:
5
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 6 NC_000006.12 (149963943..149973715)
RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 6 NC_060930.1 (151163286..151173058)
RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 6 NC_000006.11 (150285079..150294851)

Chromosome 6 - NC_000006.12Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC105378052 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:150259106-150259796 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:150259797-150260487 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17672 Neighboring gene UL16 binding protein 2 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:150274681-150275653 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:150275654-150276625 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 14768 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:150285415-150285954 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:150286496-150287035 Neighboring gene basic transcription factor 3 pseudogene 10 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17673 Neighboring gene H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr6:150312121-150312704 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 17674 Neighboring gene retinoic acid early transcript 1K (pseudogene)

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

Expression

  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

Phenotypes

EBI GWAS Catalog

Description
Radiation pharmacogenomics: a genome-wide association approach to identify radiation response biomarkers using human lymphoblastoid cell lines.
EBI GWAS Catalog

HIV-1 interactions

Protein interactions

Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
Nef nef HIV-1 Nef downregulates cell surface expression of MICA, ULBP1 and ULBP2 in natural killer (NK) cells PubMed
Vif vif A3G upregulates NKG2D ligands through an ATM pathway and in which HIV-1 Vif counteracts this upregulation by decreasing A3G expression PubMed
vif Vpr-dependent induction and Vif-mediated attenuation of NKG2D ligands are required for Chk2 phosphorylation in HIV infection PubMed
vif HIV-1 Vif expression in HIV-1 infected cells results in less HIV-1 Vpr-dependent upregulation of NKG2D ligands PubMed
Vpr vpr HIV-1-Vpr induced upregulation of NKG2D ligands in HIV-infected T cells by activating UNG2-dependent repair of uridine-containing DNA PubMed
vpr HIV-1 Vpr upregulates NKG2D ligands via the ATR pathway PubMed
vpr Vpr-dependent induction and Vif-mediated attenuation of NKG2D ligands are required for Chk2 phosphorylation in HIV infection PubMed
vpr HIV-1 Vif expression in HIV-1 infected cells results in less HIV-1 Vpr-dependent upregulation of NKG2D ligands PubMed
vpr Upregulation of NKG2D ligands is dependent on HIV-1 Vpr-mediated activation of the TAR DNA damage/stress pathway, which requires the recruitment of the Cul4/DDB1/DCAF1 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex PubMed

Go to the HIV-1, Human Interaction Database

Pathways from PubChem

Interactions

Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

Markers

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables natural killer cell lectin-like receptor binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables receptor ligand activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in cytosol IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 
located_in endoplasmic reticulum IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
is_active_in external side of plasma membrane IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
is_active_in extracellular space IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in plasma membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in plasma membrane TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 

General protein information

Preferred Names
UL16-binding protein 1
Names
NKG2D ligand 1
alcan-beta
retinoic acid early transcript 1I

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

NEW Try the new Transcript table

RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001317089.2NP_001304018.1  UL16-binding protein 1 isoform 2 precursor

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (2) lacks two alternate in-frame exons compared to variant 1. The resulting isoform (2) has the same N- and C-termini but is shorter compared to isoform 1.
    Source sequence(s)
    AK292519, AL355497, BC035416, BM670923, DB462306
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q9BZM6
  2. NM_025218.4NP_079494.1  UL16-binding protein 1 isoform 1 precursor

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_079494.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (1) encodes the longer isoform (1).
    Source sequence(s)
    AK292519, AL355497, BC035416, BM670923
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS5223.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q5VY81, Q8IZW3, Q8IZX6, Q9BZM6
    Related
    ENSP00000229708.2, ENST00000229708.4
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    cl08246
    Location:31205
    MHC_I; Class I Histocompatibility antigen, domains alpha 1 and 2

RNA

  1. NR_133659.2 RNA Sequence

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (3) uses an alternate splice junction at the 3' end of the first exon compared to variant 1. This variant is represented as non-coding because the use of the 5'-most expected translational start codon renders the transcript a candidate for nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD).
    Source sequence(s)
    AK292519, AL355497, BM670923, KT591165

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000006.12 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    149963943..149973715
    Download
    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_017011322.2XP_016866811.1  UL16-binding protein 1 isoform X1

Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060930.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    151163286..151173058
    Download
    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_054356468.1XP_054212443.1  UL16-binding protein 1 isoform X1