IFNA17
Sign in to saveAlso known as IFN-alphaI, IFNA, INFA, LEIF2C1, interferon, alpha 17, interferon alpha 17
Interferon alpha-17 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IFNA17 gene.
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Within Vinony's link graph, IFNA17 is referenced by 307 other articles, and connects out to PubMed, human chromosome 9 and interferon gamma.
It is catalogued under the topic Genes on human chromosome 9.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Gene data
IFNA17- Name
- interferon alpha 17
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 21,227,243–21,228,222 (−)
- Aliases
- IFN-alphaI, IFNA, INFA, LEIF2C1
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000234829
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_021268.2
- RefSeq protein
- NP_067091.1
Predicted to enable cytokine activity and type I interferon receptor binding activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including B cell activation; lymphocyte activation involved in immune response; and positive regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation of STAT protein. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Implicated in Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and sarcoidosis. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
Cellular component
Pathways
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
interferon alpha 17
- Symbol
- IFNA17
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 9:21,227,243-21,228,222
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
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- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/3451
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- HomoloGene ID
- 117990
- genomic end
- 21228221
- genomic start
- 21227242
- chromosome
- human chromosome 9
- cytogenetic location
- 9p21.3
- expressed in
- ganglionic eminence
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- References
- Further reading
Interferon alpha-17 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IFNA17 gene.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “IFNA17” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.