Interleukin-15 receptor is a

type I cytokine receptor Type I cytokine receptors are transmembrane receptors expressed on the surface of cells that recognize and respond to cytokines with four α-helical strands. These receptors are also known under the name ''hemopoietin receptors'', and share a c ...

, binding interleukin-15. It consists of an

interleukin 15 receptor, alpha subunit Interleukin 15 receptor, alpha subunit is a subunit of the interleukin 15 receptor that in humans is encoded by the ''IL15RA'' gene. Structure The IL-15 receptor is composed of three subunits: IL-15R alpha, CD122, and CD132. Two of these su ...

and shares common beta and gamma subunits with the

IL-2 receptor The interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) is a heterotrimeric protein expressed on the surface of certain immune cells, such as lymphocytes, that binds and responds to a cytokine called IL-2. Composition IL-2 binds to the IL-2 receptor, which ha ...

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* Type I cytokine receptors {{membrane-protein-stub