Interleukin 16

IL16
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 1I16, 1X6D, 5FB8
Identifiers
Aliases	IL16, LCF, NPRprIL-16, IL-16, interleukin 16
External IDs	OMIM: 603035 MGI: 1270855 HomoloGene: 18157 GeneCards: IL16
Gene ontology Molecular function • cytokine activity • CD4 receptor binding Cellular component • plasma membrane • intracellular • extracellular region • extracellular space • nucleus • cytoplasm • cytosol • nuclear speck Biological process • induction of positive chemotaxis • chemotaxis • viral process • regulation of transcription, DNA-templated • leukocyte chemotaxis • immune response • GO:0006350 transcription, DNA-templated • regulation of calcium ion transport Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	3603	16170
Ensembl	ENSG00000172349	ENSMUSG00000001741
UniProt	Q14005	O54824
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001172128 NM_004513 NM_172217	NM_010551
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001165599 NP_004504 NP_757366	NP_034681.2 NP_034681
Location (UCSC)	Chr 15: 81.16 – 81.31 Mb	Chr 7: 83.64 – 83.75 Mb
PubMed search

1I16, 1X6D, 5FB8

3603

16170

ENSG00000172349

ENSMUSG00000001741

Q14005

O54824

NM_001172128
NM_004513
NM_172217

NM_010551

NP_001165599
NP_004504
NP_757366

NP_034681.2
NP_034681

Pro-interleukin-16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IL16 gene. This gene was discovered in 1982 at Boston University by Dr. David Center and Dr. William Cruikshank.

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