Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables cytokine receptor activity. Predicted to be involved in cytokine-mediated signaling pathway and immunoglobulin mediated immune response. Predicted to be located in membrane. Predicted to be active in external side of plasma membrane. Is expressed in lung; mandible; and orbito-sphenoid. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in B-cell lymphoma (multiple); Crohn's disease; autoimmune disease (multiple); human immunodeficiency virus infectious disease; and immunodeficiency 56. Orthologous to human IL21R (interleukin 21 receptor).