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Gene

IL5RA

interleukin 5 receptor subunit alpha

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3p26.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 3,066,324–3,110,374 (GRCh38)
Exons
12 exons across 44.1 kb
Protein
420 amino acids
Also known as
CDw125, CD125
Previous symbols
IL5R
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000446632.7NM_175726.4
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 IL5RA yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How IL5RA is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where IL5RA sits. IL5RA and 3 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 2,588,349 to 3,588,348.Chromosome 33p26.2p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q292.6 Mb2.8 Mb3 Mb3.2 Mb3.4 MbCNTN4: 2,098,813–3,057,963, forward strandCNTN4IL5RA: 3,066,324–3,110,374, reverse strandIL5RATRNT1: 3,126,364–3,153,435, forward strandTRNT1CRBN: 3,144,628–3,179,733, reverse strandCRBNDiagram of IL5RA: 12 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 3Exon 12: 3,066,324–3,070,311, 3,988 basesExon 11: 3,074,782–3,074,866, 85 basesExon 10: 3,076,531–3,076,627, 97 basesExon 9: 3,092,224–3,092,362, 139 basesExon 8: 3,095,299–3,095,444, 146 basesExon 7: 3,097,870–3,098,057, 188 basesExon 6: 3,098,137–3,098,290, 154 basesExon 5: 3,101,692–3,101,830, 139 basesExon 4: 3,102,675–3,102,820, 146 basesExon 3: 3,104,903–3,104,987, 85 basesExon 2: 3,108,550–3,108,691, 142 basesExon 1: 3,109,945–3,110,374, 430 bases1210864215′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 5.7 kb of the gene's 44.1 kb; 1,263 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.). IL5RA gene: interleukin 5 receptor subunit alpha. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/il5ra

Vancouver

Dante Labs. IL5RA gene: interleukin 5 receptor subunit alpha [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/il5ra

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