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Gene

IL17A

interleukin 17A

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p12.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 52,186,375–52,190,638 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 4.3 kb
Protein
155 amino acids
Also known as
IL-17A, IL-17
Previous symbols
CTLA8, IL17
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000648244.1NM_002190.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads IL17A yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How IL17A is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where IL17A sits. IL17A and 7 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 51,688,507 to 52,688,506.Chromosome 66p12.2p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q2751.8 Mb52 Mb52.2 Mb52.4 Mb52.6 MbPKHD1: 51,615,299–52,087,618, reverse strandPKHD1IL17A: 52,186,375–52,190,638, forward strandIL17AIL17F: 52,236,681–52,245,689, reverse strandIL17FMCM3: 52,264,009–52,284,881, reverse strandMCM3PAQR8: 52,361,421–52,407,777, forward strandPAQR8EFHC1: 52,362,123–52,529,886, forward strandEFHC1TRAM2: 52,497,408–52,577,316, reverse strandTRAM2TMEM14A: 52,671,072–52,686,592, forward strandTMEM14ADiagram of IL17A: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 6Exon 1: 52,186,375–52,186,458, 84 basesExon 2: 52,187,603–52,187,805, 203 basesExon 3: 52,189,055–52,190,638, 1,584 bases1235′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 1.9 kb of the gene's 4.3 kb; 468 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). IL17A gene: interleukin 17A. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/il17a

Vancouver

Dante Labs. IL17A gene: interleukin 17A [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/il17a

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