User:JonSDSUGrad/Sandbox/TEST6 Interleukin-6

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interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2)
PDB rendering based on 1alu.
Available structures: 1alu, 1il6, 1p9m, 2il6
Identifiers
Symbol(s)	IL6; HGF; BSF2; HSF; IFNB2; IL-6
External IDs	OMIM: 147620 MGI: 96559 HomoloGene: 502
Gene ontology Molecular Function: • neutrophil apoptosis • cytokine activity • interleukin-6 receptor binding • protein binding • extracellular region • extracellular space • acute-phase response • humoral immune response • cell surface receptor linked signal transduction • cell-cell signaling • positive regulation of cell proliferation • negative regulation of cell proliferation • negative regulation of apoptosis • negative regulation of chemokine biosynthetic process
Orthologs
	Human	Mouse
Entrez	3569	16193
Ensembl	ENSG00000136244	ENSMUSG00000025746
Uniprot	P05231	n/a
Refseq	NM_000600 (mRNA) NP_000591 (protein)	NM_031168 (mRNA) NP_112445 (protein)
Location	Chr 7: 22.73 - 22.74 Mb	Chr 5: 30.34 - 30.35 Mb
Pubmed search	[1]	[2]

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