IFNA16
Sign in to saveAlso known as IFN-alphaO, IFN-alpha-16, interferon, alpha 16, interferon alpha 16
Interferon alpha-16, also known as IFN-alpha-16, is a protein that in humans is encoded by theIFNA16 gene.
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Vinony's link graph records 307 inbound references to IFNA16, and connects out to interferon type I, Q180686 and human chromosome 9.
It is catalogued under the topic Genes on human chromosome 9.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Gene data
IFNA16- Name
- interferon alpha 16
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 21,216,373–21,217,311 (−)
- Aliases
- IFN-alpha-16, IFN-alphaO
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000147885
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_002173.3
- RefSeq protein
- NP_002164.1
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 16
- Symbol
- IFNA16
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 9:21,216,373-21,217,311
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
Show 5 more facts
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/3449
- HomoloGene ID
- 105364
- genomic end
- 21217310
- genomic start
- 21216372
- cytogenetic location
- 9p21.3
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- References
- Further reading
Interferon alpha-16, also known as IFN-alpha-16, is a protein that in humans is encoded by theIFNA16 gene.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “IFNA16” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.