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Official Full Name: major histocompatibility complex, class I-related
Also known as: HLALS
MAIT (Mucosa-Associated Invariant T-cell) lymphocytes are a small subset of T-cells that reside mainly in the gut. The protein encoded by this gene is an antigen-presenting molecule that presents metabolites of microbial B vitamins to MAITs. This manifestation may activate MAITs to regulate the abundance of specific types of bacteria in the gut. Several transcript variants of this gene encode different isoforms, and its pseudogene was detected approximately 36 kbp upstream on the same chromosome.