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Gene

IL3RA

interleukin 3 receptor subunit alpha

Summary

Cytogenetic location
Xp22.33 and Yp11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome X: 1,336,785–1,382,689 (GRCh38)
Exons
12 exons across 45.9 kb
Protein
378 amino acids
Also known as
CD123
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000331035.10NM_002183.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads IL3RA yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How IL3RA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome X, with a bracket where IL3RA sits. IL3RA and 7 genes near it on chromosome X, from 859,737 to 1,859,736.Chromosome XXp22.33 and Yp11.2p22.33p22.32p22.31p22.2p22.13p22.12p22.11p21.3p21.2p21.1p11.4p11.3p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25q26.1q26.2q26.3q27.1q27.2q27.3q281 Mb1.2 Mb1.4 Mb1.6 Mb1.8 MbCRLF2: 1,190,490–1,212,723, reverse strandCRLF2CSF2RA: 1,268,779–1,325,373, forward strandCSF2RAIL3RA: 1,336,785–1,382,689, forward strandIL3RASLC25A6: 1,350,030–1,392,929, reverse strandSLC25A6ASMTL: 1,403,126–1,453,786, reverse strandASMTLP2RY8: 1,462,572–1,537,207, reverse strandP2RY8AKAP17A: 1,591,592–1,602,532, forward strandAKAP17AASMT: 1,615,059–1,643,081, forward strandASMTDiagram of IL3RA: 12 exons on the forward strand of chromosome XExon 1: 1,336,785–1,336,926, 142 basesExon 2: 1,341,728–1,341,829, 102 basesExon 3: 1,345,316–1,345,434, 119 basesExon 4: 1,348,431–1,348,545, 115 basesExon 5: 1,352,100–1,352,232, 133 basesExon 6: 1,352,322–1,352,506, 185 basesExon 7: 1,356,221–1,356,336, 116 basesExon 8: 1,358,861–1,358,887, 27 basesExon 9: 1,365,138–1,365,252, 115 basesExon 10: 1,378,659–1,378,764, 106 basesExon 11: 1,381,023–1,381,104, 82 basesExon 12: 1,382,391–1,382,689, 299 bases1246810125′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 1.5 kb of the gene's 45.9 kb; 1,137 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.). IL3RA gene: interleukin 3 receptor subunit alpha. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/il3ra

Vancouver

Dante Labs. IL3RA gene: interleukin 3 receptor subunit alpha [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/il3ra

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