Gene
IL31
interleukin 31
- HGNC 19372(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000204671(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 386653(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 12q24.31
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 12: 122,172,029–122,174,221 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 3 exons across 2.2 kb
- Protein
- 164 amino acids
- Also known as
- IL-31
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000377035.2NM_001014336.2
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How IL31 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
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 0.9 kb of the gene's 2.2 kb; 495 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
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
Dante Labs. (n.d.). IL31 gene: interleukin 31. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/il31
Dante Labs. IL31 gene: interleukin 31 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/il31
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