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| Quaternary Structure: Subunits | 
| Interleukin-2 receptor subunit β (Ligand-binding subunit) | 
| Interleukin-15 receptor subunit α (Ligand-binding subunit) | 
| Interleukin-2 receptor subunit γ (Other subunit) | 
| Natural/Endogenous Ligands  | 
| IL-15 {Sp: Human} | 
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| Immunopharmacology Comments | 
| The functional IL-15 receptor is a heteromer consisting of the high affinity ligand binding interleukin-15 receptor subunit α (IL15RA) and common IL-2-γ and -β signal transducing subunits (IL2RG and IL2RB) [1]. | 
1. Anderson DM, Kumaki S, Ahdieh M, Bertles J, Tometsko M, Loomis A, Giri J, Copeland NG, Gilbert DJ, Jenkins NA et al.. (1995) Functional characterization of the human interleukin-15 receptor alpha chain and close linkage of IL15RA and IL2RA genes. J Biol Chem, 270 (50): 29862-9. [PMID:8530383]
2. Han KP, Zhu X, Liu B, Jeng E, Kong L, Yovandich JL, Vyas VV, Marcus WD, Chavaillaz PA, Romero CA et al.. (2011) IL-15:IL-15 receptor alpha superagonist complex: high-level co-expression in recombinant mammalian cells, purification and characterization. Cytokine, 56 (3): 804-10. [PMID:22019703]
3. Zhu X, Marcus WD, Xu W, Lee HI, Han K, Egan JO, Yovandich JL, Rhode PR, Wong HC. (2009) Novel human interleukin-15 agonists. J Immunol, 183 (6): 3598-607. [PMID:19710453]
IL-2 receptor family: Interleukin-15 receptor. Last modified on 06/07/2021. Accessed on 31/10/2025. IUPHAR/BPS Guide to PHARMACOLOGY, https://www.guidetopharmacology.org/GRAC/ObjectDisplayForward?objectId=2302.