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Gene

CKLF

chemokine like factor

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16q21
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 66,552,576–66,566,068 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 13.5 kb
Protein
152 amino acids
Also known as
UCK-1, CKLF3, CKLF4, HSPC224, C32
Previous symbols
CKLF1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000264001.9NM_016951.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads CKLF yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How CKLF is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where CKLF sits. CKLF and 21 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 66,059,322 to 67,059,321.Chromosome 1616q21p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.366.2 Mb66.4 Mb66.6 Mb66.8 Mb67 MbCDH5: 66,366,588–66,404,784, forward strandCDH5BEAN1: 66,426,947–66,493,529, forward strandBEAN1: 66,469,812–66,517,312, reverse strandTK2: 66,508,003–66,552,544, reverse strandTK2CKLF: 66,552,576–66,566,068, forward strandCKLFCKLF-CMTM1: 66,552,587–66,579,135, forward strandCKLF-CMTM1CMTM1: 66,566,393–66,579,137, forward strandCMTM1CMTM2: 66,579,432–66,588,280, forward strandCMTM2CMTM3: 66,603,874–66,613,892, forward strandCMTM3CMTM4: 66,614,750–66,696,856, reverse strandCMTM4DYNC1LI2: 66,720,893–66,751,856, reverse strandDYNC1LI2TERB1: 66,754,640–66,801,620, reverse strandTERB1NAE1: 66,802,874–66,873,256, reverse strandNAE1CA7: 66,844,414–66,854,153, forward strandCA7PDP2: 66,878,589–66,895,754, forward strandPDP2CDH16: 66,908,122–66,919,187, reverse strandCDH16RRAD: 66,921,682–66,926,308, reverse strandRRADCIAO2B: 66,931,938–66,934,929, reverse strandCIAO2BCES2: 66,934,433–66,945,096, forward strandCES2CES3: 66,961,219–66,975,162, forward strandCES3CES4A: 66,988,574–67,010,417, forward strandCES4ACBFB: 67,028,984–67,101,058, forward strandCBFBDiagram of CKLF: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 66,552,576–66,552,793, 218 basesExon 2: 66,558,190–66,558,348, 159 basesExon 3: 66,563,122–66,563,217, 96 basesExon 4: 66,565,886–66,566,068, 183 bases12345′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 0.7 kb of the gene's 13.5 kb; 459 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). CKLF gene: chemokine like factor. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/cklf

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CKLF gene: chemokine like factor [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/cklf

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