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.
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
~1 min read
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.