Antigen-presenting protein that binds self and non-self lipid and glycolipid antigens and presents them to T-cell receptors on natural killer T-cells.
Subcellular locations: Cell membrane, Membrane raft, Endosome membrane
Subject to intracellular trafficking between the cell membrane and endosomes . Localizes to cell surface lipid rafts .
Expressed on cortical thymocytes, epidermal Langerhans cells, dendritic cells, on certain T-cell leukemias, and in various other tissues.