IFNA5
Sign in to saveAlso known as IFN-alpha-5, IFN-alphaG, INA5, INFA5, leIF G, interferon alpha 5
Interferon alpha-5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IFNA5 gene.
Gene data
IFNA5- Name
- interferon alpha 5
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 21,304,326–21,305,313 (−)
- Aliases
- IFN-alpha-5, IFN-alphaG, INA5, INFA5, leIF G
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000147873
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_002169.3
- RefSeq protein
- NP_002160.1
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. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
Cellular component
Pathways
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
interferon alpha 5
- Symbol
- IFNA5
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 9:21,304,326-21,305,313
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gene
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- HomoloGene ID
- 117697
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/3442
- genomic end
- 21305313
- genomic start
- 21304613
- chromosome
- human chromosome 9
- cytogenetic location
- 9p21.3
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
- Further reading
Interferon alpha-5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IFNA5 gene.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “IFNA5” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.