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Gene

IL2

interleukin 2

Summary

Cytogenetic location
4q27
Coordinates
Chromosome 4: 122,451,470–122,456,725 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 5.3 kb
Protein
153 amino acids
Also known as
IL-2, TCGF
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000226730.5NM_000586.4
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads IL2 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How IL2 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 4, with a bracket where IL2 sits. IL2 and 7 genes near it on chromosome 4, from 121,954,098 to 122,954,097.Chromosome 44q27p16.3p16.2p16.1p15.33p15.32p15.31p15.2p15.1p14p13p12p11q11q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.21q21.22q21.23q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26q27q28.1q28.2q28.3q31.1q31.21q31.22q31.23q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34.1q34.2q34.3q35.1q35.2122 Mb122.2 Mb122.4 Mb122.6 Mb122.8 MbBLTP1: 122,152,327–122,364,167, forward strandBLTP1ADAD1: 122,378,966–122,429,814, forward strandADAD1IL2: 122,451,470–122,456,725, reverse strandIL2IL21: 122,610,108–122,621,066, reverse strandIL21BBS12: 122,732,653–122,746,078, forward strandBBS12FGF2: 122,826,680–122,898,236, forward strandFGF2NUDT6: 122,886,565–122,922,968, reverse strandNUDT6AFG2A: 122,923,070–123,319,433, forward strandAFG2ADiagram of IL2: 4 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 4Exon 4: 122,451,470–122,451,862, 393 basesExon 3: 122,453,710–122,453,853, 144 basesExon 2: 122,456,144–122,456,203, 60 basesExon 1: 122,456,294–122,456,725, 432 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 kb of the gene's 5.3 kb; 462 of those bases code for the protein.

Sequencing IL2

3Low

How hard IL2 is to sequence with short reads, out of 100

  • Mappability0%
  • Homology0%
  • Repeats0%
  • GC content29%
  • Reference coverage0%

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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). IL2 gene: interleukin 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/il2

Vancouver

Dante Labs. IL2 gene: interleukin 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/il2

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