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Gene

IFNG

interferon gamma

Summary

Cytogenetic location
12q15
Coordinates
Chromosome 12: 68,154,768–68,159,740 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 5 kb
Protein
166 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000229135.4NM_000619.3
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 IFNG yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How IFNG is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 12, with a bracket where IFNG sits. IFNG and 5 genes near it on chromosome 12, from 67,657,254 to 68,657,253.Chromosome 1212q15p13.33p13.32p13.31p13.2p13.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11q12q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.3q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.31q24.32q24.3367.8 Mb68 Mb68.2 Mb68.4 Mb68.6 MbDYRK2: 67,647,913–67,665,406, forward strandDYRK2IFNG: 68,154,768–68,159,740, reverse strandIFNGIL26: 68,201,349–68,225,813, reverse strandIL26IL22: 68,248,242–68,253,604, reverse strandIL22SAXO6: 68,272,443–68,332,396, reverse strandSAXO6RAP1B: 68,610,410–68,671,901, forward strandRAP1BDiagram of IFNG: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 12Exon 4: 68,154,768–68,155,487, 720 basesExon 3: 68,157,913–68,158,095, 183 basesExon 2: 68,158,191–68,158,259, 69 basesExon 1: 68,159,502–68,159,740, 239 bases43215′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 1.2 kb of the gene's 5 kb; 501 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.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). IFNG gene: interferon gamma. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ifng

Vancouver

Dante Labs. IFNG gene: interferon gamma [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ifng

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