Gene Information
Gene NameNEFL
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length543
Protein NamesNeurofilament light polypeptide (NF-L) (68 kDa neurofilament protein) (Neurofilament triplet L protein)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000277586 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBP07196
Gene CardNEFL
Uniprot IDP07196
PfamPF00038; PF04732
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.668240428)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ NEFL ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ NEFL ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ NEFL ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ NEFL ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Nefl ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ NEFL ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Nefl ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ NEFL ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsVIM, KRT12, KRT74, INA, NEFM, KRT39, SYNM, KRT13, KRT80, KRT33B, KRT31, KRT77, KRT26, KRT32, KRT73, KRT28, KRT37, KRT38, KRT6B, KRT6A, KRT6C, KRT72, KRT20, KRT5, KRT222, LMNB1, PRPH, KRT23, KRT4, KRT36, KRT7, KRT34, KRT75, KRT25, KRT76, KRT35, KRT78, KRT24, KRT40, KRT86, KRT83, KRT81, NES, DES, KRT2, KRT9, KRT27, KRT3, KRT84, LMNB2, KRT33A, KRT82, BFSP2, KRT14, KRT16, KRT85, LMNA, KRT8, GFAP, KRT17, KRT79, KRT71, KRT1, KRT19, LMNTD1, KRT15, KRT18, KRT10
Tissuecerebral.cortex, brain
Tissue SpecificityNA
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.001000(Rat);0.069635(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs57848467  rs61491953  rs61491953  rs61491953  rs28928910  rs58332872  rs58982919  rs62636522  rs587777880  rs62636502  rs59443585  rs587777881  rs62636503  rs587777882  rs57153321  rs3832558 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell projection, axon {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P08551}. Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P08551}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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