Gene:  HLA-DRB5, Human

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HLA-DRB5 belongs to the HLA class II beta chain paralogues. This class II molecule is a heterodimer consisting of an alpha (DRA) and a beta (DRB) chain both anchored in the membrane. It plays a central role in the immune system by presenting peptides derived from extracellular proteins. Class II molecules are expressed in antigen presenting cells (APC: B lymphocytes dendritic cells macrophages). The beta chain is approximately 26-28 kDa and its gene contains 6 exons. Exon one encodes the leader peptide exons 2 and 3 encode the two extracellular domains exon 4 encodes the transmembrane domain and exon 5 encodes the cytoplasmic tail. Within the DR molecule the beta chain contains all the polymorphisms specifying the peptide binding specificities. Typing for these polymorphisms is routinely done for bone marrow and kidney transplantation. DRB1 is expressed at a level five times higher than its paralogues DRB3 DRB4 and DRB5. The presence of DRB5 is linked with allelic variants of DRB1 otherwise it is omitted. There are 4 related pseudogenes: DRB2 DRB6 DRB7 DRB8 and DRB9. [provided by RefSeq Jul 2008]

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