Gene Information
Gene NameIL16
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length1332
Protein NamesPro-interleukin-16 [Cleaved into: Interleukin-16 (IL-16) (Lymphocyte chemoattractant factor) (LCF)]
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000172349 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBQ14005
Gene CardIL16
Uniprot IDQ14005
PfamPF00595
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.064888789)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ IL16 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ IL16 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ IL16 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ IL16 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Il16 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ IL16 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Il16 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ IL16 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsPDZD2
TissueNA
Tissue Specificity[Isoform 3]: Expressed in hemopoietic tissues, such as resting T-cells, but undetectable during active T-cell proliferation.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1I16  (NMR  1X6D  (NMR  5FB8  (X-ray  2.07A 
DBSNP rs4072111  rs17875512  rs17875513  rs34101586  rs11556218  rs34159341 
Subcellular location [CC][Interleukin-16]: Secreted.;
[Isoform 1]: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000250}.;
[Isoform 3]: Cytoplasm. Nucleus.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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