Species Human Entrez 246778 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000197272 | |
Aliases IL27, IL-27, IL-27A, IL27A, IL27p28, IL30, p28, Interleukin 30, IL-30, interleukin 27 External IDs MGI: 2384409 HomoloGene: 17087 GeneCards: IL27 | ||
Interleukin-30 (IL-30) is a protein with a molecular weight of 28 kilodaltons, which forms one chain of the heterodimeric cytokine called interleukin 27 (IL-27), thus is sometimes called IL27-p28. The other chain of IL-27 is a molecule called Epstein-Barr induced gene-3 (EBI3). IL-30 is a member of the long-chain, 4-helix bundle family of cytokines, making it structurally similar to IL-6. This gene for this molecule is now officially called IL-27 under HGNC guidelines.
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