LTB - lymphotoxin beta Gene

Also Known as p33; TNFC; TNFSF3; TNLG1C

Species: Homo sapiens

Gene Type: protein coding
Gene ID: 4050

About LTB

Cytogenetic location: 6p21.33 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 6:31,580,558-31,582,425 (from NCBI)

This gene has 4 transcripts (splice variants), 1 gene allele, 86 orthologues and 8 paralogues. Biased expression in spleen (RPKM 84.6), lymph node (RPKM 56.9) and 8 other tissues.

Summary

Lymphotoxin beta is a type II membrane protein of the TNF family. It anchors lymphotoxin-alpha to the cell surface through heterotrimer formation. The predominant form on the lymphocyte surface is the lymphotoxin-alpha 1/beta 2 complex (e.g. 1 molecule alpha/2 molecules beta) and this complex is the primary ligand for the lymphotoxin-beta receptor. The minor complex is lymphotoxin-alpha 2/beta 1. LTB is an inducer of the inflammatory response system and involved in normal development of lymphoid tissue. Lymphotoxin-beta isoform b is unable to complex with lymphotoxin-alpha suggesting a function for lymphotoxin-beta which is independent of lympyhotoxin-alpha. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

LTB Products (2)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_002341.2 NP_002332.1 lymphotoxin-beta isoform a
NM_009588.1 NP_033666.1 lymphotoxin-beta isoform b

LTB Protein Structure

TNF

TNF: TNF(Tumour Necrosis Factor) family (102 - 243)

  • 0
  • 100
  • 200
  • 244 a.a.
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

lymphotoxin-beta

  • LT-beta

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Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Type Xxi
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Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus 2
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent, 1

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin-Dependent, 2

  • IDDM2

  • Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus 2

  • NIDDM1

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent 1

  • T1D2

  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 1

  • T2D1

  • Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus 1

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent, 1

  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 1, Susceptibility To

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin-Dependent, Type 2

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Non-Insulin-Dependent

Malaria
  • Malaria, Susceptibility To

  • Malaria, Resistance To

  • Malaria, Cerebral

  • Cerebral Malaria

  • Malaria, Severe, Susceptibility To

  • Malaria, Severe, Resistance To

  • Malaria, Cerebral, Susceptibility To

  • Induced Malaria

  • Malaria, Vivax, Protection Against

  • Malaria, Severe

  • Malaria, Cerebral, Reduced Risk Of

  • Malaria, Protection Against

  • Resistance To Malaria Due To G6pd Deficiency

  • Malaria Due To G6pd Deficiency

  • Malarial Encephalitis

  • CM

  • Malaria Cerebral

  • Susceptibility To Malaria

  • Acute Pernicious Fever

  • Aestivo-Autumnal Fever

  • Aestivo Autumnal Malaria

  • Chagres Fever

  • Continued Malaria Fever

  • Estivo-Autumnal Fever

  • Estivo-Autumnal Malaria

  • Estivo-Autumnal Malarial Fever

  • Falciparum Fever

  • Malignant Tertian Fever

  • Malignant Tertian Malaria

  • Pernicious Intermittent Fever

  • Pernicious Malaria

  • Quotidian Malaria

  • Subtertian Fever

  • Subtertian Malaria Fever

  • Subtertian Malignant Tertian Malaria

  • Tropical Malaria

  • Algid Malaria

  • Bilious Haemoglobinuric Fever

  • Black Water Fever

  • Blackwater Fever

  • Malarial Blackwater Fever

  • Severe Malarial Falciparum

  • West African Fever

  • Malarial Haematinuria

  • Haemoglobinuric Fever

  • Haemoglobinuric Malaria

  • Severe Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria

  • Malarial Haemoglobinuria

  • Malarial Haematuria

  • Falciparum Malaria [Malignant Tertian]

  • Malaria Tropica

  • Malarial Shock

  • Chagres Virus Disease

  • Malignant Malaria

  • Mtm - [Malignant Tertian Malaria]

  • Tm -[Malignant Tertian Malaria]

  • Panama Fever

  • St - [Subtertian Malaria]

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  • Benign Tertian Malaria

  • Tertian Ague

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  • Quartan Fever

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  • Plasmodium Ovale Fever

  • Malaria Fever By Plasmodium Ovale

  • Ovale Malaria

  • Malaria By Plasmodium Ovale

  • Malarial Ovale

  • Marsh Fever

  • Remittent Congestive Fever

  • Coastal Fever

  • Remittent Gastric Fever

  • Miasmatic Fever

  • Congestive Remittent Fever

  • Intermittent Fever

  • Jungle Fever

  • Paludism

  • Cameroon Fever

  • Ague

  • Corsican Fever

  • Intermittent Bilious Fever

  • Disease Due To Plasmodiidae

  • Malarial Fever

  • Plasmodiosis

  • Remittent Fever

  • Roman Fever

  • Malaria Fever Nos

  • Malaria Nos

  • Paludal Fever

  • Clinically Diagnosed Malaria

  • Clinically Diagnosed Malaria Without Parasitological Confirmation

  • Congestive Fever

  • Malarial Cachexia

  • Marsh Cachexia

  • Paludal Cachexia

  • Recurrent Malaria

  • Remittent Malaria

Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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  • Bowel Disease, Inflammatory

Diseases Alias
Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Felis catus LTB VGNC VGNC:68101
Macaca mulatta LTB VGNC VGNC:74454
Bos taurus LTB VGNC VGNC:31068
Rattus norvegicus LTB RGD RGD:1303162
Mus musculus LTB MGD MGI:104796
Canis familiaris LTB VGNC VGNC:42854
Others LTB NCBI