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Facts about Retinoic acid early transcript 1E.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | RAET1E |
| Uniprot: | Q8TD07 |
| Entrez: | 135250 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| MHC class I family |

bA350J20.7; LETAL; LETALRAE-1-like transcript 4; Lymphocyte effector toxicity activation ligand; MGC125309; N2DL4; N2DL-4; NKG2D ligand 4; NKG2DL4; RAET1E; RAET1E2; retinoic acid early transcript 1ERL-4; RL-4; ULBP4; ULBP-4; ULBP4MGC125308
Mass (kDA):
30.122 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6q25.1 |
| Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (149864399..149898353, complement) |
Predominantly expressed in the skin, but also expressed in testis and trachea. Up-regulated in tumor cells of different origins. Expression progressively decreased after treatment of tumor cells with retinoic acid.
Membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.; [Isoform 4]: Secreted.





PMID: 14508119 by Conejo-Garcia J.-R., et al. Letal, a tumor-associated NKG2D immunoreceptor ligand, induces activation and expansion of effector immune cells.
PMID: 12732206 by Chalupny N.J., et al. ULBP4 is a novel ligand for human NKG2D.