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Gene

IL40

interleukin 40

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q25.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 78,146,385–78,166,297 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 19.9 kb
Protein
265 amino acids
Also known as
GLPG464, UNQ464, IL-40
Previous symbols
C17orf99
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000340363.10NM_001163075.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads IL40 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How IL40 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 17, with a bracket where IL40 sits. IL40 and 11 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 77,656,341 to 78,656,340.Chromosome 1717q25.3p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.377.8 Mb78 Mb78.2 Mb78.4 Mb78.6 MbTNRC6C: 77,958,613–78,108,822, forward strandTNRC6CTMC6: 78,107,397–78,132,579, reverse strandTMC6TMC8: 78,130,770–78,142,968, forward strandTMC8IL40: 78,146,385–78,166,297, forward strandIL40SYNGR2: 78,168,545–78,176,005, forward strandSYNGR2TK1: 78,172,779–78,187,233, reverse strandTK1AFMID: 78,186,660–78,207,703, forward strandAFMIDBIRC5: 78,214,186–78,225,636, forward strandBIRC5TMEM235: 78,231,287–78,240,987, forward strandTMEM235SOCS3: 78,356,778–78,360,930, reverse strandSOCS3PGS1: 78,378,637–78,425,114, forward strandPGS1DNAH17: 78,423,697–78,577,396, reverse strandDNAH17Diagram of IL40: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 17Exon 1: 78,146,385–78,146,444, 60 basesExon 2: 78,146,879–78,146,911, 33 basesExon 3: 78,160,955–78,161,254, 300 basesExon 4: 78,164,095–78,164,364, 270 basesExon 5: 78,165,889–78,166,297, 409 bases123455′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 1.1 kb of the gene's 19.9 kb; 798 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.). IL40 gene: interleukin 40. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/il40

Vancouver

Dante Labs. IL40 gene: interleukin 40 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/il40

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