IL2RB

Chr 22AR

interleukin 2 receptor subunit beta

Also known as: CD122, IL15RB, IMD63, P70-75

The interleukin 2 receptor, which is involved in T cell-mediated immune responses, is present in 3 forms with respect to ability to bind interleukin 2. The low affinity form is a monomer of the alpha subunit and is not involved in signal transduction. The intermediate affinity form consists of an alpha/beta subunit heterodimer, while the high affinity form consists of an alpha/beta/gamma subunit heterotrimer. Both the intermediate and high affinity forms of the receptor are involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis and transduction of mitogenic signals from interleukin 2. The protein encoded by this gene represents the beta subunit and is a type I membrane protein. The use of alternative promoters results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein. The protein is primarily expressed in the hematopoietic system. The use by some variants of an alternate promoter in an upstream long terminal repeat (LTR) results in placenta-specific expression. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2016]

Primary Disease Associations & Inheritance

Immunodeficiency 63 with lymphoproliferation and autoimmunityMIM #618495
AR
510
ClinVar variants
34
Pathogenic / LP
0.29
pLI score
1
Active trials
Clinical SummaryIL2RB
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Gene-Disease Validity (ClinGen)
immunodeficiency 63 with lymphoproliferation and autoimmunity · ARModerate

Moderate evidence — consider for supplementary testing

Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Constrained for loss-of-function variants (OE-LoF 0.24) despite low pLI — interpret in context.
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ClinVar Variants
34 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 217 VUS of 510 total submissions
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Clinical Trials
1 active or recruiting trial — potential therapeutic options may be available

Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

Moderate LoF intolerance
LoF Constraint?LOEUF (Loss-of-function Observed/Expected Upper bound Fraction) is the upper bound of the 90% CI for LoF OE — the preferred gnomAD v4 metric. Lower = more intolerant to LoF. LOEUF < 0.35 = highly constrained.
0.50LOEUF
pLI 0.291
Z-score 3.26
OE 0.24 (0.120.50)
Moderately constrained

More LoF-intolerant than ~75% of genes

Missense Constraint?Missense Z-score: standard deviations fewer missense variants observed vs. expected. Z > 3.09 (p < 0.001) = gene does not tolerate missense variation. OE missense < 0.6 is also considered constrained.
0.44Z-score
OE missense 0.93 (0.841.02)
284 obs / 305.7 exp
Tolerant

Mild missense constraint

Observed / Expected Ratios?Shaded band = 90% confidence interval. Vertical tick = point estimate. Grey threshold line = gnomAD constraint cutoff for that variant class.
LoF OE?Ratio of observed to expected LoF variants. Upper CI bound (LOEUF) ≤ 0.35 = strong LoF constraint signal.0.24 (0.120.50)
00.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.0.93 (0.841.02)
00.61.4
Synonymous OE?Control metric — synonymous variants are largely neutral and expected near OE = 1.0. Significant deviation may indicate annotation issues.0.98
01.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 5 / 21.2Missense obs/exp: 284 / 305.7Syn Z: 0.18

ClinVar Variant Classifications

510 submitted variants in ClinVar

Classification Summary

Pathogenic26
Likely Pathogenic8
VUS217
Likely Benign229
Benign22
Conflicting8
26
Pathogenic
8
Likely Pathogenic
217
VUS
229
Likely Benign
22
Benign
8
Conflicting

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
1
2
23
0
26
Likely Pathogenic
7
0
1
0
8
VUS
6
195
13
3
217
Likely Benign
0
9
84
136
229
Benign
0
5
14
3
22
Conflicting
8
Total14211135142510

LoF = frameshift, stop gained/lost, canonical splice · Counts from ClinVar esearch · Updated hourly

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

IL2RB · protein map & ClinVar variants

Showing all ClinVar variants across the protein. Search a specific variant to highlight its position.

OMIM — Genotype-Phenotype Relationships

1 OMIM entry

Immunodeficiency 63 with lymphoproliferation and autoimmunity

MIM #618495

Molecular basis of disorder known

Autosomal recessive
Clinical Literature
Landmark / reviewRecent case evidence