Gene Information
Gene NameTNF
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length233
Protein NamesTumor necrosis factor (Cachectin) (TNF-alpha) (Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 2) (TNF-a) [Cleaved into: Tumor necrosis factor, membrane form (N-terminal fragment) (NTF); Intracellular domain 1 (ICD1); Intracellular domain 2 (ICD2); C-domain 1; C-domain 2; Tumor necrosis factor, soluble form]
Target Nametumor necrosis factor
Target TypeSuccessful target
Gene Age3 ( ENSG00000204490 )
3 ( ENSG00000206439 )
3 ( ENSG00000223952 )
3 ( ENSG00000228321 )
3 ( ENSG00000228849 )
3 ( ENSG00000228978 )
3 ( ENSG00000230108 )
424 ( ENSG00000232810 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBP01375
Gene CardTNF
Uniprot IDP01375
PfamPF00229
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (1.215367172)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ TNF ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ TNF ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ TNF ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ TNF ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Tnf ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ TNF ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Tnf ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ TNF ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsLTA, LTB, TNFSF15, TNFSF14, FASLG, TNFSF10, TNFSF11, CD40LG
Tissuebone.marrow
Tissue SpecificityNA
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.355873(Rat);0.143210(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1A8M  (X-ray  2.30A  1TNF  (X-ray  2.60A  2AZ5  (X-ray  2.10A  2E7A  (X-ray  1.80A  2TUN  (X-ray  3.10A  2ZJC  (X-ray  2.50A  2ZPX  (X-ray  2.83A  3ALQ  (X-ray  3.00A  3IT8  (X-ray  2.80A  3L9J  (X-ray  2.10A  3WD5  (X-ray  3.10A  4G3Y  (X-ray  2.60A  4TSV  (X-ray  1.80A  4TWT  (X-ray  2.85A  4Y6O  (X-ray  1.60A  5M2I  (X-ray  2.15A  5M2J  (X-ray  1.90A  5M2M  (X-ray  2.30A  5MU8  (X-ray  3.00A  5TSW  (X-ray  2.50A  5UUI  (X-ray  1.40A  5WUX  (X-ray  2.90A  5YOY  (X-ray  2.73A  6OOY  (X-ray  2.50A  6OOZ  (X-ray  2.80A  6OP0  (X-ray  2.55A  6RMJ  (X-ray  2.65A  6X81  (X-ray  2.81A  6X82  (X-ray  2.75A  6X83  (X-ray  2.83A  6X85  (X-ray  2.85A  6X86  (X-ray  2.93A  7ASY  (NMR  7AT7  (NMR  7ATB  (NMR  7JRA  (X-ray  2.10A  7KP9  (X-ray  2.15A  7KPA  (X-ray  2.30A  7KPB  (X-ray  3.00A  7QLF  (NMR  7TA3  (X-ray  2.50A  7TA6  (X-ray  2.67A 
DBSNP rs4645843  rs1800620 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16829952};
Single-pass type II membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:16829952}.;
[Tumor necrosis factor, membrane form]: Membrane;
Single-pass type II membrane protein.;
[Tumor necrosis factor, soluble form]: Secreted {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23552949}.;
[C-domain 1]: Secreted.;
[C-domain 2]: Secreted.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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