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UniProtKB - Q6EBC2 (IL31_HUMAN)

Entry version 105 (23 Feb 2022)
Sequence version 1 (16 Aug 2004)
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Protein

Interleukin-31

Gene

IL31

Organism
Homo sapiens (Human)
Status
Reviewed-Annotation score:

Annotation score:3 out of 5

<p>The annotation score provides a heuristic measure of the annotation content of a UniProtKB entry or proteome. This score <strong>cannot</strong> be used as a measure of the accuracy of the annotation as we cannot define the 'correct annotation' for any given protein.<p><a href='/help/annotation_score' target='_top'>More...</a></p>-Experimental evidence at protein leveli <p>This indicates the type of evidence that supports the existence of the protein. Note that the 'protein existence' evidence does not give information on the accuracy or correctness of the sequence(s) displayed.<p><a href='/help/protein_existence' target='_top'>More...</a></p>

<p>This section provides any useful information about the protein, mostly biological knowledge.<p><a href='/help/function_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Functioni

Activates STAT3 and possibly STAT1 and STAT5 through the IL31 heterodimeric receptor composed of IL31RA and OSMR (PubMed:15184896).

May function in skin immunity (PubMed:15184896).

Enhances myeloid progenitor cell survival in vitro (By similarity).

Induces RETNLA and serum amyloid A protein expression in macrophages (By similarity).

By similarity1 Publication

<p>The <a href="http://www.geneontology.org/">Gene Ontology (GO)</a> project provides a set of hierarchical controlled vocabulary split into 3 categories:<p><a href='/help/gene_ontology' target='_top'>More...</a></p>GO - Molecular functioni

Complete GO annotation on QuickGO ...

GO - Biological processi

Complete GO annotation on QuickGO ...

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='/help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywordsi

Molecular functionCytokine
Biological processImmunity

Enzyme and pathway databases

Pathway Commons web resource for biological pathway data

More...PathwayCommonsi		Q6EBC2

Reactome - a knowledgebase of biological pathways and processes

More...Reactomei		R-HSA-6788467, IL-6-type cytokine receptor ligand interactions

SignaLink: a signaling pathway resource with multi-layered regulatory networks

More...SignaLinki		Q6EBC2

SIGNOR Signaling Network Open Resource

More...SIGNORi		Q6EBC2

<p>This section provides information about the protein and gene name(s) and synonym(s) and about the organism that is the source of the protein sequence.<p><a href='/help/names_and_taxonomy_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Names & Taxonomyi

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/names%5Fand%5Ftaxonomy%5Fsection">Names and taxonomy</a> section provides an exhaustive list of all names of the protein, from commonly used to obsolete, to allow unambiguous identification of a protein.<p><a href='/help/protein_names' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Protein namesi
Recommended name:
Interleukin-31
Short name:
IL-31
<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/names%5Fand%5Ftaxonomy%5Fsection">Names and taxonomy</a> section indicates the name(s) of the gene(s) that code for the protein sequence(s) described in the entry. Four distinct tokens exist: 'Name', 'Synonyms', 'Ordered locus names' and 'ORF names'.<p><a href='/help/gene_name' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Gene namesi
Name:IL31
<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/names%5Fand%5Ftaxonomy%5Fsection">Names and taxonomy</a> section provides information on the name(s) of the organism that is the source of the protein sequence.<p><a href='/help/organism-name' target='_top'>More...</a></p>OrganismiHomo sapiens (Human)
<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/names%5Fand%5Ftaxonomy%5Fsection">Names and taxonomy</a> section shows the unique identifier assigned by the NCBI to the source organism of the protein. This is known as the 'taxonomic identifier' or 'taxid'.<p><a href='/help/taxonomic_identifier' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Taxonomic identifieri9606 [NCBI]
<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/names%5Fand%5Ftaxonomy%5Fsection">Names and taxonomy</a> section contains the taxonomic hierarchical classification lineage of the source organism. It lists the nodes as they appear top-down in the taxonomic tree, with the more general grouping listed first.<p><a href='/help/taxonomic_lineage' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Taxonomic lineageiEukaryota › Metazoa › Chordata › Craniata › Vertebrata › Euteleostomi › Mammalia › Eutheria › Euarchontoglires › Primates › Haplorrhini › Catarrhini › Hominidae › Homo
<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/names%5Fand%5Ftaxonomy%5Fsection">Names and taxonomy</a> section is present for entries that are part of a <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/proteomes">proteome</a>, i.e. of a set of proteins thought to be expressed by organisms whose genomes have been completely sequenced.<p><a href='/help/proteomes_manual' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Proteomesi
  • UP000005640 <p>A UniProt <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/manual/proteomes%5Fmanual">proteome</a> can consist of several components.<br></br>The component name refers to the genomic component encoding a set of proteins.<p><a href='/help/proteome_component' target='_top'>More...</a></p> Componenti: Chromosome 12

Organism-specific databases

Human Gene Nomenclature Database

More...HGNCi		HGNC:19372, IL31

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM)

More...MIMi		609509, gene

neXtProt; the human protein knowledge platform

More...neXtProti		NX_Q6EBC2

Eukaryotic Pathogen, Vector and Host Database Resources

More...VEuPathDBi		HostDB:ENSG00000204671

<p>This section provides information on the location and the topology of the mature protein in the cell.<p><a href='/help/subcellular_location_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Subcellular locationi

Keywords - Cellular componenti

Secreted

<p>This section provides information on the disease(s) and phenotype(s) associated with a protein.<p><a href='/help/pathology_and_biotech_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Pathology & Biotechi

Organism-specific databases

DisGeNET

More...DisGeNETi		386653

Open Targets

More...OpenTargetsi		ENSG00000204671

The Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base

More...PharmGKBi		PA134957950

Miscellaneous databases

Pharos NIH Druggable Genome Knowledgebase

More...Pharosi		Q6EBC2, Tbio

Genetic variation databases

BioMuta curated single-nucleotide variation and disease association database

More...BioMutai		IL31

Domain mapping of disease mutations (DMDM)

More...DMDMi		74709232

<p>This section describes post-translational modifications (PTMs) and/or processing events.<p><a href='/help/ptm_processing_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>PTM / Processingi

Molecule processing

Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
<p>This subsection of the 'PTM / Processing' section denotes the presence of an N-terminal signal peptide.<p><a href='/help/signal' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Signal peptidei1 – 23Sequence analysisAdd BLAST23
<p>This subsection of the 'PTM / Processing' section describes the extent of a polypeptide chain in the mature protein following processing or proteolytic cleavage.<p><a href='/help/chain' target='_top'>More...</a></p>ChainiPRO_000027457024 – 164Interleukin-31Add BLAST141

Amino acid modifications

Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/ptm%5Fprocessing%5Fsection">PTM / Processing</a> section specifies the position and type of each covalently attached glycan group (mono-, di-, or polysaccharide).<p><a href='/help/carbohyd' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Glycosylationi67N-linked (GlcNAc...) asparagineSequence analysis1
Glycosylationi100N-linked (GlcNAc...) asparagineSequence analysis1

Keywords - PTMi

Glycoprotein

Proteomic databases

MassIVE - Mass Spectrometry Interactive Virtual Environment

More...MassIVEi		Q6EBC2

PaxDb, a database of protein abundance averages across all three domains of life

More...PaxDbi		Q6EBC2

PeptideAtlas

More...PeptideAtlasi		Q6EBC2

PRoteomics IDEntifications database

More...PRIDEi		Q6EBC2

ProteomicsDB: a multi-organism proteome resource

More...ProteomicsDBi		66275

PTM databases

GlyGen: Computational and Informatics Resources for Glycoscience

More...GlyGeni		Q6EBC2, 2 sites

<p>This section provides information on the expression of a gene at the mRNA or protein level in cells or in tissues of multicellular organisms.<p><a href='/help/expression_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Expressioni

<p>This subsection of the 'Expression' section provides information on the expression of a gene at the mRNA or protein level in cells or in tissues of multicellular organisms. By default, the information is derived from experiments at the mRNA level, unless specified 'at protein level'.<br></br>Examples: <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P92958#expression">P92958</a>, <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8TDN4#expression">Q8TDN4</a>, <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O14734#expression">O14734</a><p><a href='/help/tissue_specificity' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Tissue specificityi

Detected at low levels in testis, bone marrow, skeletal muscle, kidney, colon, thymus, small intestine and trachea.1 Publication

<p>This subsection of the 'Expression' section reports the experimentally proven effects of inducers and repressors (usually chemical compounds or environmental factors) on the level of protein (or mRNA) expression (up-regulation, down-regulation, constitutive expression).<p><a href='/help/induction' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Inductioni

Up-regulated in skin homing T-cells of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) and in activated circulating T-cells. Up-regulated in lesional biopsies of patients with allergic contact dermatitis (ACD).2 Publications

Gene expression databases

Bgee dataBase for Gene Expression Evolution

More...Bgeei		ENSG00000204671, Expressed in testis and 5 other tissues

Organism-specific databases

Human Protein Atlas

More...HPAi		ENSG00000204671, Not detected

<p>This section provides information on the quaternary structure of a protein and on interaction(s) with other proteins or protein complexes.<p><a href='/help/interaction_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Interactioni

<p>This subsection of the '<a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/interaction%5Fsection">Interaction</a>' section provides information about binary protein-protein interactions. The data presented in this section are a quality-filtered subset of binary interactions automatically derived from the <a href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/intact/">IntAct database</a>. It is updated at every <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/synchronization">UniProt release</a>.<p><a href='/help/binary_interactions' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Binary interactionsi

GO - Molecular functioni

Complete GO annotation on QuickGO ...

Protein-protein interaction databases

The Biological General Repository for Interaction Datasets (BioGRID)

More...BioGRIDi		132118, 15 interactors

Protein interaction database and analysis system

More...IntActi		Q6EBC2, 1 interactor

STRING: functional protein association networks

More...STRINGi		9606.ENSP00000366234

Miscellaneous databases

RNAct, Protein-RNA interaction predictions for model organisms.

More...RNActi		Q6EBC2, protein

<p>This section provides information on the tertiary and secondary structure of a protein.<p><a href='/help/structure_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Structurei

<p>This section provides information on sequence similarities with other proteins and the domain(s) present in a protein.<p><a href='/help/family_and_domains_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Family & Domainsi

Keywords - Domaini

Signal

Phylogenomic databases

evolutionary genealogy of genes: Non-supervised Orthologous Groups

More...eggNOGi		ENOG502TF53, Eukaryota

Ensembl GeneTree

More...GeneTreei		ENSGT00390000018074

The HOGENOM Database of Homologous Genes from Fully Sequenced Organisms

More...HOGENOMi		CLU_1660075_0_0_1

InParanoid: Eukaryotic Ortholog Groups

More...InParanoidi		Q6EBC2

Identification of Orthologs from Complete Genome Data

More...OMAi		QHEPETE

Database of Orthologous Groups

More...OrthoDBi		428855at2759

Database for complete collections of gene phylogenies

More...PhylomeDBi		Q6EBC2

TreeFam database of animal gene trees

More...TreeFami		TF339844

Family and domain databases

Integrated resource of protein families, domains and functional sites

More...InterProi		View protein in InterPro
IPR027987, IL-31

The PANTHER Classification System

More...PANTHERi		PTHR38652, PTHR38652, 1 hit

Pfam protein domain database

More...Pfami		View protein in Pfam
PF15209, IL31, 1 hit

<p>This section displays by default the canonical protein sequence and upon request all isoforms described in the entry. It also includes information pertinent to the sequence(s), including <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequence%5Flength">length</a> and <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences">molecular weight</a>. The information is filed in different subsections. The current subsections and their content are listed below:<p><a href='/help/sequences_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequencei

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences%5Fsection">Sequence</a> section indicates if the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical%5Fand%5Fisoforms">canonical sequence</a> displayed by default in the entry is complete or not.<p><a href='/help/sequence_status' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence statusi: Complete.

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences%5Fsection">Sequence</a> section indicates if the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical%5Fand%5Fisoforms">canonical sequence</a> displayed by default in the entry is in its mature form or if it represents the precursor.<p><a href='/help/sequence_processing' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence processingi: The displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.

Q6EBC2-1 [UniParc]FASTAAdd to basket
« Hide
        10         20         30         40         50
MASHSGPSTS VLFLFCCLGG WLASHTLPVR LLRPSDDVQK IVEELQSLSK 
        60         70         80         90        100
MLLKDVEEEK GVLVSQNYTL PCLSPDAQPP NNIHSPAIRA YLKTIRQLDN 
       110        120        130        140        150
KSVIDEIIEH LDKLIFQDAP ETNISVPTDT HECKRFILTI SQQFSECMDL 
       160 
ALKSLTSGAQ QATT
Length:164
Mass (Da):18,205
Last modified:August 16, 2004 - v1
<p>The checksum is a form of redundancy check that is calculated from the sequence. It is useful for tracking sequence updates.</p> <p>It should be noted that while, in theory, two different sequences could have the same checksum value, the likelihood that this would happen is extremely low.</p> <p>However UniProtKB may contain entries with identical sequences in case of multiple genes (paralogs).</p> <p>The checksum is computed as the sequence 64-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check value (CRC64) using the generator polynomial: x<sup>64</sup> + x<sup>4</sup> + x<sup>3</sup> + x + 1. The algorithm is described in the ISO 3309 standard. </p> <p class="publication">Press W.H., Flannery B.P., Teukolsky S.A. and Vetterling W.T.<br /> <strong>Cyclic redundancy and other checksums</strong><br /> <a href="http://www.nrbook.com/b/bookcpdf.php">Numerical recipes in C 2nd ed., pp896-902, Cambridge University Press (1993)</a>)</p> Checksum:i1D61824CB6049445
GO

Sequence databases

Select the link destinations:

EMBL nucleotide sequence database

More...EMBLi

GenBank nucleotide sequence database

More...GenBanki

DNA Data Bank of Japan; a nucleotide sequence database

More...DDBJi
Links Updated
AY499343 mRNA Translation: AAS86448.1
BC132998 mRNA Translation: AAI32999.1
BC133000 mRNA Translation: AAI33001.1

The Consensus CDS (CCDS) project

More...CCDSi		CCDS31919.1

NCBI Reference Sequences

More...RefSeqi		NP_001014358.1, NM_001014336.1

Genome annotation databases

Ensembl eukaryotic genome annotation project

More...Ensembli		ENST00000377035; ENSP00000366234; ENSG00000204671

Database of genes from NCBI RefSeq genomes

More...GeneIDi		386653

KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes

More...KEGGi		hsa:386653

Matched Annotation from NCBI and EMBL-EBI (MANE) - Phase one

More...MANE-Selecti		ENST00000377035.2; ENSP00000366234.1; NM_001014336.2; NP_001014358.1

UCSC genome browser

More...UCSCi		uc001ubv.3, human

<p>This section provides links to proteins that are similar to the protein sequence(s) described in this entry at different levels of sequence identity thresholds (100%, 90% and 50%) based on their membership in UniProt Reference Clusters (<a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/uniref">UniRef</a>).<p><a href='/help/similar_proteins_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Similar proteinsi

<p>This section is used to point to information related to entries and found in data collections other than UniProtKB.<p><a href='/help/cross_references_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Cross-referencesi

Sequence databases

Select the link destinations:
EMBLi
GenBanki
DDBJi
Links Updated
AY499343 mRNA Translation: AAS86448.1
BC132998 mRNA Translation: AAI32999.1
BC133000 mRNA Translation: AAI33001.1
CCDSiCCDS31919.1
RefSeqiNP_001014358.1, NM_001014336.1

3D structure databases

Database of comparative protein structure models

More...ModBasei		Search...

SWISS-MODEL Interactive Workspace

More...SWISS-MODEL-Workspacei		Submit a new modelling project...

Protein-protein interaction databases

BioGRIDi132118, 15 interactors
IntActiQ6EBC2, 1 interactor
STRINGi9606.ENSP00000366234

PTM databases

GlyGeniQ6EBC2, 2 sites

Genetic variation databases

BioMutaiIL31
DMDMi74709232

Proteomic databases

MassIVEiQ6EBC2
PaxDbiQ6EBC2
PeptideAtlasiQ6EBC2
PRIDEiQ6EBC2
ProteomicsDBi66275

Protocols and materials databases

Antibodypedia a portal for validated antibodies

More...Antibodypediai		19131, 451 antibodies from 37 providers

The DNASU plasmid repository

More...DNASUi		386653

Genome annotation databases

EnsembliENST00000377035; ENSP00000366234; ENSG00000204671
GeneIDi386653
KEGGihsa:386653
MANE-SelectiENST00000377035.2; ENSP00000366234.1; NM_001014336.2; NP_001014358.1
UCSCiuc001ubv.3, human

Organism-specific databases

Comparative Toxicogenomics Database

More...CTDi		386653
DisGeNETi386653

GeneCards: human genes, protein and diseases

More...GeneCardsi		IL31
HGNCiHGNC:19372, IL31
HPAiENSG00000204671, Not detected
MIMi609509, gene
neXtProtiNX_Q6EBC2
OpenTargetsiENSG00000204671
PharmGKBiPA134957950
VEuPathDBiHostDB:ENSG00000204671

GenAtlas: human gene database

More...GenAtlasi		Search...

Phylogenomic databases

eggNOGiENOG502TF53, Eukaryota
GeneTreeiENSGT00390000018074
HOGENOMiCLU_1660075_0_0_1
InParanoidiQ6EBC2
OMAiQHEPETE
OrthoDBi428855at2759
PhylomeDBiQ6EBC2
TreeFamiTF339844

Enzyme and pathway databases

PathwayCommonsiQ6EBC2
ReactomeiR-HSA-6788467, IL-6-type cytokine receptor ligand interactions
SignaLinkiQ6EBC2
SIGNORiQ6EBC2

Miscellaneous databases

BioGRID ORCS database of CRISPR phenotype screens

More...BioGRID-ORCSi		386653, 6 hits in 1025 CRISPR screens

The Gene Wiki collection of pages on human genes and proteins

More...GeneWikii		Interleukin_31

Database of phenotypes from RNA interference screens in Drosophila and Homo sapiens

More...GenomeRNAii		386653
PharosiQ6EBC2, Tbio

Protein Ontology

More...PROi		PR:Q6EBC2
RNActiQ6EBC2, protein

The Stanford Online Universal Resource for Clones and ESTs

More...SOURCEi		Search...

Gene expression databases

BgeeiENSG00000204671, Expressed in testis and 5 other tissues

Family and domain databases

InterProiView protein in InterPro
IPR027987, IL-31
PANTHERiPTHR38652, PTHR38652, 1 hit
PfamiView protein in Pfam
PF15209, IL31, 1 hit

MobiDB: a database of protein disorder and mobility annotations

More...MobiDBi		Search...

<p>This section provides general information on the entry.<p><a href='/help/entry_information_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Entry informationi

<p>This subsection of the 'Entry information' section provides a mnemonic identifier for a UniProtKB entry, but it is not a stable identifier. Each reviewed entry is assigned a unique entry name upon integration into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.<p><a href='/help/entry_name' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Entry nameiIL31_HUMAN
<p>This subsection of the 'Entry information' section provides one or more accession number(s). These are stable identifiers and should be used to cite UniProtKB entries. Upon integration into UniProtKB, each entry is assigned a unique accession number, which is called 'Primary (citable) accession number'.<p><a href='/help/accession_numbers' target='_top'>More...</a></p>AccessioniPrimary (citable) accession number: Q6EBC2
Secondary accession number(s): A2RUQ1
<p>This subsection of the 'Entry information' section shows the date of integration of the entry into UniProtKB, the date of the last sequence update and the date of the last annotation modification ('Last modified'). The version number for both the entry and the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical%5Fand%5Fisoforms">canonical sequence</a> are also displayed.<p><a href='/help/entry_history' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Entry historyiIntegrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: February 6, 2007
Last sequence update: August 16, 2004
Last modified: February 23, 2022
This is version 105 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. See complete history.
<p>This subsection of the 'Entry information' section indicates whether the entry has been manually annotated and reviewed by UniProtKB curators or not, in other words, if the entry belongs to the Swiss-Prot section of UniProtKB (<strong>reviewed</strong>) or to the computer-annotated TrEMBL section (<strong>unreviewed</strong>).<p><a href='/help/entry_status' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Entry statusiReviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)
Annotation programChordata Protein Annotation Program
DisclaimerAny medical or genetic information present in this entry is provided for research, educational and informational purposes only. It is not in any way intended to be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or care.

<p>This section contains any relevant information that doesn't fit in any other defined sections<p><a href='/help/miscellaneous_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Miscellaneousi

Keywords - Technical termi

Reference proteome

Documents

  1. Human chromosome 12
    Human chromosome 12: entries, gene names and cross-references to MIM
  2. MIM cross-references
    Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (MIM) cross-references in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
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