Identifiers
HUGO:KMT2E
References
NATURAL_KILLER
CASCADE:NKP44
PMID:23958951
NKp44L is a novel isoform of the mixed-lineage leukemia-5 protein, a cellular ligand for NKp44. Unlike the other MLL family members, NKp44L is excluded from the nucleus, but expressed at the cell-surface level; its subcellular localization is being associated with the presence of a specific C-terminal motif. Strikingly, NKp44L has not been detected on circulating cells isolated from healthy individuals, but it is expressed on a large panel of the tumor and transformed cells.