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HLA-C (Human Leukocyte Antigen-C) belongs to the MHC class I heavy chain receptors. The C receptor is a heterodimer consisting of a HLA-C mature gene product and β2-microglobulin. The mature C chain is anchored in the membrane. MHC Class I molecules, like HLA-C, are expressed in nearly all cells, and present small peptides to the immune system which surveys for non-self peptides.

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HLA-C
Available structures
PDBHuman UniProt search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesHLA-C, D6S204, HLA-JY3, HLC-C, PSORS1, major histocompatibility complex, class I, C, MHC
External IDsOMIM: 142840; HomoloGene: 133080; GeneCards: HLA-C; OMA:HLA-C - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002117
NM_001243042

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001229971
NP_002108

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Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 31.27 – 31.27 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
Wikidata
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HLA-C is a locus on chromosome 6, which encodes for many HLA-C alleles that are Class-I MHC receptors. HLA-C, localized proximal to the HLA-B locus, is located on the distal end of the HLA region. Most HLA-C:B haplotypes are in strong linkage disequilibrium and many are as ancient as the human species itself.

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Disease associations

By serotype

Cw1: multinodular goiters[3]

By allele

C*16: B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia[4]

Nomenclature

C*01

  • Cw1 serotype: C*01:02 and C*01:09
  • Cw11
  • C*01:04 to *01:08


C*02

  • Cw2 serotype: C*02:02 and *02:08
  • C*02:03 to *02:07, and 02:09


C*03

  • Cw9 serotype: C*03:03
  • Cw10 serotype: C*03:02, *03:04, and *03:06
  • Cw3 serotype: C*03:07
  • C*03:05 and 03:08


C*04

  • Cw4 serotype: C*0401, *0407, and *0410


C*05

  • Cw5 serotype: C*05:01 and *05:02
  • C*05:03 to *05:06 and *05:08 to *05:10


C*06

  • Cw6 serotype: C*06:02 and *06:05
  • C*06:03, *06:04 and *06:06 to *06:11


C*07

  • Cw7 serotype: C*07:01 to *07:06, *07:12, *07:14, *07:16
  • C*07:07 to *07:11, *07:13, *07:15, and *07:17 to *07:29


C*08

  • Cw8 serotype: C*08:01, *08:02 and *08:03
  • C*08:05 to *08:12


Others

  • C*12:02 to *12:15
  • C*14:02 to *14:05
  • C*15:01 to *15:11
  • C*16:01 to *16:06
  • C*17:01 to *17:03
  • C*18:01 and *18:02
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Common haplotype

Cw4-B35 (Western Africa to Native Americans) Cw7-B7 (Western Eurasia, South Africa) Cw7-B8 (Western Eurasia) Cw1-B46 (China, Indochina) Cw5-B44 (Western Eurasia)

Interactions

HLA-C has been shown to interact with:

References

Further reading

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