INSL6
Identifiers
Aliases	INSL6, RIF1, insulin like 6
External IDs	OMIM: 606414; MGI: 1351595; HomoloGene: 5197; GeneCards: INSL6; OMA:INSL6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 9 (human)[1] Band 9p24.1 Start 5,123,880 bp[1] End 5,185,647 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 19 (mouse)[2] Band 19|19 C1 Start 29,298,744 bp[2] End 29,302,756 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in Top expressed in More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function Cellular component Biological process Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 11172 27356 Ensembl ENSG00000120210 ENSMUSG00000050957 UniProt Q9Y581 Q9QY05 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_007179 NM_013754 RefSeq (protein) NP_009110 NP_038782 Location (UCSC) Chr 9: 5.12 – 5.19 Mb Chr 19: 29.3 – 29.3 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Insulin like 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the INSL6 gene. ^[5]

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.

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