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Il6 - interleukin 6 Gene

Mus musculus

Also known as Il-6

Gene ID: 16193 | Gene type: protein coding

About Il6

Chromosome 5: 30,218,112-30,224,979 forward strand.GRCm39:CM000998.3

This gene has 4 transcripts (splice variants), 162 orthologues and is associated with 127 phenotypes. Low expression observed in reference dataset.

Summary

This gene encodes a member of the interleukin family of cytokines that have important functions in immune response, hematopoiesis, inflammation and the acute phase response. The ectopic overexpression of the encoded protein in mice results in excessive plasma cells in circulation, leading to death. Mice lacking the encoded protein exhibit abnormalities in hepatic acute phase response, some immune mechanisms, bone resorption in response to estrogen, liver regeneration and wound healing. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2015]

Il6 Products(2)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_031168.2 NP_112445.1 interleukin-6 isoform 1 precursor
NM_001314054.1 NP_001300983.1 interleukin-6 isoform 2 precursor
Gene Ontology
  • Molecular Function
  • Biological Process
  • Cellular Component
Molecular Function GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
enables cytokine activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
1373998 MGI
enables interleukin-6 receptor binding IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
1312474 MGI
enables protein binding IPI
IPI: Inferred from physical interaction
9637508 MGI
Biological Process GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
acts upstream of or within T cell activation IGI
IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction
18792410 MGI
involved in T follicular helper cell differentiation IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
23045607 MGI
involved in T-helper 17 cell lineage commitment IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
27893700 MGI
involved in T-helper 17 cell lineage commitment IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
16990136 MGI
acts upstream of T-helper 2 cell differentiation IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
12594267 MGI
acts upstream of or within branching involved in salivary gland morphogenesis IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
11275690 MGI
acts upstream of or within branching involved in salivary gland morphogenesis IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
11275690 MGI
acts upstream of or within cellular response to hepatocyte growth factor stimulus IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
21072211 MGI
acts upstream of or within cellular response to interleukin-1 IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
19955433 MGI
involved in cellular response to interleukin-17 IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
30294880 MGI
acts upstream of or within cellular response to lipopolysaccharide IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
19047410 MGI
acts upstream of or within cellular response to tumor necrosis factor IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
19955433 MGI
involved in cellular response to virus IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
23045607 MGI
acts upstream of or within defense response to protozoan IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
17109471 MGI
involved in endocrine pancreas development IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
18719127 MGI
acts upstream of or within epithelial cell proliferation involved in salivary gland morphogenesis IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
11275690 MGI
acts upstream of or within positive effect gene expression IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
20504903 MGI
involved in germinal center B cell differentiation IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
23045607 MGI
involved in glucagon secretion IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
18719127 MGI
involved in glucose homeostasis IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
22037645 MGI
acts upstream of or within glucose homeostasis IGI
IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction
24332041 MGI
involved in hepatocyte proliferation IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
8910279 MGI
involved in inflammatory response to wounding IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
27830702 MGI
acts upstream of or within interleukin-6-mediated signaling pathway IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
1312474 MGI
involved in interleukin-6-mediated signaling pathway IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
16330325 MGI
involved in interleukin-6-mediated signaling pathway IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
8910279 MGI
involved in liver regeneration IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
8910279 MGI
acts upstream of or within muscle cell cellular homeostasis IGI
IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction
18056981 MGI
acts upstream of or within myeloid cell homeostasis IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
24357729 MGI
involved in negative regulation of bone resorption IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
11159963 MGI
acts upstream of or within negative regulation of chemokine production IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
12925700 MGI
acts upstream of or within negative regulation of chemokine production IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
12925700 MGI
acts upstream of or within negative regulation of hormone secretion IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
7867561 MGI
involved in negative regulation of interleukin-1-mediated signaling pathway IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
11159963 MGI
acts upstream of or within neutrophil apoptotic process IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
12925700 MGI
acts upstream of or within neutrophil apoptotic process IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
12925700 MGI
acts upstream of or within positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
1373998 MGI
involved in positive regulation of T-helper 2 cell cytokine production IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
11159963 MGI
acts upstream of or within positive regulation of T-helper 2 cell differentiation IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
12594267 MGI
acts upstream of or within positive regulation of cell proliferation in bone marrow IGI
IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction
21048959 MGI
acts upstream of or within positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
11275690 MGI
acts upstream of or within positive regulation of epithelial cell proliferation IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
11275690 MGI
acts upstream of or within positive regulation of gene expression IGI
IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction
7959007 MGI
involved in positive regulation of gliogenesis IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
26134658 MGI
involved in positive regulation of immunoglobulin production IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
23045607 MGI
involved in positive regulation of interleukin-17 production IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
25362566 MGI
involved in positive regulation of interleukin-21 production IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
23045607 MGI
involved in positive regulation of receptor signaling pathway via STAT IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
8910279 MGI
involved in positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
16330325 MGI
acts upstream of or within positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II IGI
IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction
19666510 MGI
acts upstream of or within regulation of apoptotic process IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
11275690 MGI
acts upstream of or within regulation of cell population proliferation IGI
IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction
18056981 MGI
involved in regulation of glucagon secretion IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
22037645 MGI
involved in regulation of insulin secretion IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
22037645 MGI
involved in response to activity IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
22037645 MGI
acts upstream of or within response to wounding IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
19404405 MGI
Cellular Component GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
located in external side of plasma membrane IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
11275690 MGI
is active in extracellular space IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
27830702 MGI
located in extracellular space IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
1577194 MGI
part of interleukin-6 receptor complex IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
27893700 MGI
EXP: Inferred from Experiment IDA: Inferred from direct assay IPI: Inferred from physical interaction IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction IEP: Inferred from expression pattern

Il6 Protein Structure

IL6

IL6: pfam00489 (26 - 209)

  • 0
  • 100
  • 211 a.a.
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

interleukin-6

B-cell hybridoma growth factor

interleukin HP-1

Recombinant Il6 Proteins

Cat. No. Product Name Accession Purity
HY-P7063 IL-6 Protein, Mouse P08505 (F25-T211) ≥95%
HY-P7378 IL-6 Protein, Mouse (CHO, His) P08505 (F25-T211) ≥95%
HY-P700216AF Animal-Free IL-6 Protein, Mouse (His) P08505 (F25-T211) ≥95%
HY-P7063A IL-6 Protein, Mouse (His) P08505 (F25-T211) ≥95%

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Homo sapiens Il6 NCBI NCBI:3569
Macaca fascicularis Il6 NCBI NCBI:102138971
Rattus norvegicus Il6 NCBI NCBI:24498
Macaca mulatta Il6 NCBI NCBI:705819