Leukemia inhibitory factor receptor

LIFR
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	3E0G
Identifiers
Aliases	LIFR, CD118, LIF-R, SJS2, STWS, SWS, leukemia inhibitory factor receptor alpha, LIF receptor alpha, LIF receptor subunit alpha
External IDs	OMIM: 151443; MGI: 96788; HomoloGene: 1735; GeneCards: LIFR; OMA:LIFR - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 5 (human)
End	38,608,354 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 15 (mouse)
End	7,226,970 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	internal globus pallidus; ; external globus pallidus; ; tibia; ; Achilles tendon; ; subthalamic nucleus; ; pars reticulata; ; pars compacta; ; Pons; ; cardia; ; skin of hip;
	Top expressed in
	body of femur; ; decidua; ; sternocleidomastoid muscle; ; gastrula; ; parotid gland; ; stroma of bone marrow; ; facial motor nucleus; ; triceps brachii muscle; ; temporal muscle; ; trigeminal ganglion;
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor activity; growth factor binding; oncostatin-M receptor activity; protein binding; cytokine receptor activity; ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor binding; leukemia inhibitory factor receptor activity; cytokine binding;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; membrane; plasma membrane; receptor complex; integral component of plasma membrane; extracellular region; extracellular exosome; extracellular space; external side of plasma membrane;
Biological process	response to cytokine; leukemia inhibitory factor signaling pathway; oncostatin-M-mediated signaling pathway; cytokine-mediated signaling pathway; ciliary neurotrophic factor-mediated signaling pathway; cell surface receptor signaling pathway; positive regulation of cell population proliferation; regulation of cytokine-mediated signaling pathway;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	3977
	16880
	ENSG00000113594
	ENSMUSG00000054263
	P42702
	P42703
	NM_001127671; NM_002310; NM_001364297; NM_001364298
	NM_001113386; NM_013584; NM_001358593
	NP_001121143; NP_002301; NP_001351226; NP_001351227
	NP_001106857; NP_038612; NP_001345522
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LIFR also known as CD118 (Cluster of Differentiation 118), is a subunit of a receptor for leukemia inhibitory factor.