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Gene

IL34

interleukin 34

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16q22.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 70,646,559–70,660,682 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 14.1 kb
Protein
242 amino acids
Also known as
MGC34647, IL-34
Previous symbols
C16orf77
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000288098.7NM_001393494.1
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How IL34 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where IL34 sits. IL34 and 14 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 70,153,621 to 71,153,620.Chromosome 1616q22.1p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.370.2 Mb70.4 Mb70.6 Mb70.8 Mb71 MbPDPR: 70,114,225–70,162,537, forward strandPDPRCLEC18C: 70,173,322–70,187,361, forward strandCLEC18CEXOSC6: 70,246,778–70,251,940, reverse strandEXOSC6AARS1: 70,251,983–70,289,707, reverse strandAARS1DDX19B: 70,289,663–70,335,992, forward strandDDX19B: 70,299,194–70,372,582, forward strandDDX19A: 70,346,861–70,379,987, forward strandDDX19AST3GAL2: 70,375,977–70,439,263, reverse strandST3GAL2FCSK: 70,454,398–70,480,275, forward strandFCSKCOG4: 70,480,567–70,523,582, reverse strandCOG4SF3B3: 70,523,782–70,577,670, forward strandSF3B3IL34: 70,646,559–70,660,682, forward strandIL34MTSS2: 70,661,204–70,686,086, reverse strandMTSS2VAC14: 70,687,436–70,801,178, reverse strandVAC14HYDIN: 70,802,084–71,230,735, reverse strandHYDINDiagram of IL34: 6 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 70,646,559–70,646,975, 417 basesExon 2: 70,654,538–70,654,671, 134 basesExon 3: 70,656,602–70,656,679, 78 basesExon 4: 70,656,960–70,657,121, 162 basesExon 5: 70,659,618–70,659,753, 136 basesExon 6: 70,659,997–70,660,682, 686 bases1234565′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 1.6 kb of the gene's 14.1 kb; 729 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.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). IL34 gene: interleukin 34. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/il34

Vancouver

Dante Labs. IL34 gene: interleukin 34 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/il34

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