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Gene

IL17F

interleukin 17F

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6p12.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 52,236,681–52,244,500 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 7.8 kb
Protein
163 amino acids
Also known as
IL-17F, ML-1, ML1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000336123.5NM_052872.4
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads IL17F yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How IL17F is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where IL17F sits. IL17F and 7 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 51,740,591 to 52,740,590.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: 52,236,681–52,244,500, 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 IL17F: 3 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 3: 52,236,681–52,237,168, 488 basesExon 2: 52,238,730–52,238,950, 221 basesExon 1: 52,244,397–52,244,500, 104 bases3215′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 0.8 kb of the gene's 7.8 kb; 492 of those bases code for the protein.

Sequencing IL17F

0Low

How hard IL17F is to sequence with short reads, out of 100

  • Mappability0%
  • Homology0%
  • Repeats0%
  • GC content0%
  • Reference coverage0%

Traits linked to IL17F

The Human Phenotype Ontology lists these as features of the rare conditions IL17F can cause. Each trait's page lists the other genes linked to it.

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.
  • The Genome in a Bottle genome stratifications, from NIST: the sequencing difficulty score.
  • 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.). IL17F gene: interleukin 17F. Retrieved 18 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/il17f

Vancouver

Dante Labs. IL17F gene: interleukin 17F [Internet]. [cited 18 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/il17f

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