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Insulin like 6

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INSL6
Identifiers
AliasesINSL6, RIF1, insulin like 6
External IDsOMIM: 606414; MGI: 1351595; HomoloGene: 5197; GeneCards: INSL6; OMA:INSL6 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_007179

NM_013754

RefSeq (protein)

NP_009110

NP_038782

Location (UCSC)Chr 9: 5.12 – 5.19 MbChr 19: 29.3 – 29.3 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Insulin like 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the INSL6 gene. [5]

Function

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The protein encoded by this gene contains a classical signature of the insulin superfamily and is significantly similar to relaxin and relaxin-like factor. This gene is preferentially expressed in testis. Its expression in testis is restricted to interstitial cells surrounding seminiferous tubules, which suggests a role in sperm development and fertilization.

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000120210Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000050957Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ "Entrez Gene: Insulin like 6". Retrieved 2016-02-25.

Further reading

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This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.