Gene Information
Gene NameIL18
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length193
Protein NamesInterleukin-18 (IL-18) (Iboctadekin) (Interferon gamma-inducing factor) (IFN-gamma-inducing factor) (Interleukin-1 gamma) (IL-1 gamma)
Target Nameinterleukin-18
Target TypeClinical trial target
Gene Age454 ( ENSG00000150782 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBQ14116
Gene CardIL18
Uniprot IDQ14116
PfamPF00340
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.30827887)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ IL18 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ IL18 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ IL18 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ IL18 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Il18 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ IL18 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Il18 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityNA
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);NULL(Rat);0.3(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1J0S  (NMR  2VXT  (X-ray  1.49A  3F62  (X-ray  2.00A  3WO2  (X-ray  2.33A  3WO3  (X-ray  3.10A  3WO4  (X-ray  3.10A  4EEE  (X-ray  2.71A  4EKX  (X-ray  1.75A  4HJJ  (X-ray  2.10A  4R6U  (X-ray  2.80A  4XFS  (X-ray  1.91A  4XFT  (X-ray  2.00A  4XFU  (X-ray  2.85A  7AL7  (X-ray  1.80A 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:32272059}. Secreted {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23955712, ECO:0000269|PubMed:32272059, ECO:0000269|PubMed:33883744}. Note=The precursor is cytosolic (PubMed:33883744). In response to inflammasome-activating signals, cleaved and secreted (PubMed:33883744). Mature form is secreted and released in the extracellular milieu by passing through the gasdermin-D (GSDMD) pore (PubMed:33883744). In contrast, the precursor form is not released, due to the presence of an acidic region that is proteolytically removed by CASP1 during maturation (PubMed:33883744). The secretion is dependent on protein unfolding and facilitated by the cargo receptor TMED10 (PubMed:32272059). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:32272059, ECO:0000269|PubMed:33883744}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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