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INSL6 insulin like 6 [ Macaca mulatta (Rhesus monkey) ]

Gene ID: 693735, updated on 16-Jun-2026
Official Symbol
INSL6provided by VGNC
Official Full Name
insulin like 6provided by VGNC
Primary source
VGNC:VGNC:112089
Locus tag
EGK_07728
See related
Ensembl:ENSMMUG00000065127
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
MODEL
Organism
Macaca mulatta
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Cercopithecidae; Cercopithecinae; Macaca
Orthologs
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Location:
chromosome: 15
Exon count:
3
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2025_08 current T2T-MMU8v2.0 (GCF_049350105.2) 15 NC_133420.1 (94199914..94234734)
103 previous assembly Mmul_10 (GCF_003339765.1) 15 NC_041768.1 (78627059..78653192)

Chromosome 15 - NC_133420.1Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene relaxin 2 Neighboring gene insulin like 4 Neighboring gene immunoglobulin heavy constant epsilon pseudogene Neighboring gene transcription factor E2-alpha pseudogene Neighboring gene Janus kinase 2

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Manual GO annotation of predictive protein signatures: the InterPro approach to GO curation. Burge S, et al. Database (Oxford), 2012. PMID 22301074, Free PMC Article

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by RefSeq

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables hormone activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
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Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in extracellular region IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
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Preferred Names
insulin-like peptide INSL6
Names
Insulin-like peptide INSL6

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RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_049350105.2-RS_2025_08

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference T2T-MMU8v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_133420.1 Reference T2T-MMU8v2.0

    Range
    94199914..94234734
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_001082439.5 → XP_001082439.3  insulin-like peptide INSL6

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A5F7ZWS3, F7G3C9
    Related
    ENSMMUP00000070111.1
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    cd04365
    Location:163 → 194
    IlGF_relaxin_like; IlGF_like family, relaxin_like subgroup, specific to vertebrates. Members include a number of active peptides including (pro)relaxin, mammalian Leydig cell-specific insulin-like peptide (gene INSL3), early placenta insulin-like peptide (ELIP; gene INSL4), ...

RNA

  1. XR_013404853.1 RNA Sequence

Nucleotide Protein
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