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IFNA4 Gene

protein-coding   GIFtS: 54

GC09M021176
interferon, alpha 4
Symbol approved by the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) database
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Aliases
INFA4 2
MGC142200 1, 2
OTTHUMP00000021135 2
OTTHUMP00000045102 2
Descriptions
Interferon alpha-4B 3
Interferon alpha-76 3
Interferon alpha-M1 3
interferon, alpha 4 2
External Ids
HGNC: 54251
Entrez Gene: 34412
UniProtKB: P050143
Ensembl: ENSG000001478777
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Previous GC identifers: GC09M021514 GC09M021387

(According to Entrez Gene, Wikipedia's Gene Wiki,
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, and/or UniProtKB/TrEMBL)
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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: IFNA4_HUMAN, P05014
Function: Produced by macrophages, IFN-alpha have antiviral activities. Interferon stimulates the
production of two enzymes: a protein kinase and an oligoadenylate synthetase

Gene Wiki entry for IFNA4

(According to GeneLoc and/or HGNC, and/or
Entrez Gene (NCBI build 36),
and/or miRBase,
Genomic Views according to UCSC and Ensembl, Transcription factor binding sites according to SABiosciences)
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Genomic View:
UCSC Golden Path with GeneCards custom track

 Transcription factor binding sites upstream to the IFNA4 gene  

Entrez Gene cytogenetic band: 9p22   Ensembl cytogenetic band:  9p21.3   HGNC cytogenetic band: 9p22

IFNA4 Gene in genomic location: bands according to Ensembl, locations according to (and/or Entrez Gene and/or Ensembl if different)

GeneLoc gene densities for chromosome 9         GeneLoc Exon Structure

GeneLoc location for GC09M021176:     (about GC identifiers)

Start:
21,176,693 bp from pter
End:
21,177,670 bp from pter
Size:
978 bases
Orientation:
minus strand
RefSeq DNA sequence:
NC_000009.10  NT_008413.17  
(According to 1UniProtKB, and/or Ensembl, Phosphorylation sites according to 2Phosphosite, RefSeq according to NCBI, PDB rendering according to OCA and/or Proteopedia, Recombinant Proteins from Invitrogen, Millipore, Sigma-Aldrich, R&D Systems, Enzo Life Sciences, Abnova, OriGene and/or, Abcam,
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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: IFNA4_HUMAN, P05014 (See protein sequence)
Recommended Name: Interferon alpha-4 precursor  
Size: 189 amino acids; 21808 Da
Subcellular location: Secreted
Secondary accessions: P13358 Q5VV15

REFSEQ proteins: NP_066546.1  

ENSEMBL proteins: 
ENSP00000369571 


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2 Gene Ontology (GO) cellular component terms (links to tree view):

GO IDQualified GO termEvidencePubMed IDs
GO:0005576 extracellular region IEA--
GO:0005615 extracellular space IEA--
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(According to InterPro, ProtoNet, UniProtKB, and/or BLOCKS, Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks)
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3 InterPro domains/families:
 IPR012351 4_helix_cytokine_core
 IPR015589 Interferon_alpha
 IPR000471 IInterferon_alpha/beta/delta


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Graphical View of Domain Structure for InterPro Entry P05014

ProtoNet protein and cluster: P05014

1 Blocks protein family: IPB000471 Interferon alpha

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: IFNA4_HUMAN, P05014
Similarity: Belongs to the alpha/beta interferon family

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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: IFNA4_HUMAN, P05014
Function: Produced by macrophages, IFN-alpha have antiviral activities. Interferon stimulates the
production of two enzymes: a protein kinase and an oligoadenylate synthetase

Genatlas biochemistry entry for IFNA4:
interferon type I,alpha 4,leukocyte

2 Gene Ontology (GO) molecular function terms (links to tree view):

GO IDQualified GO termEvidencePubMed IDs
GO:0005125 cytokine activity IEA--
GO:0005132 interferon-alpha/beta receptor binding TAS3891272
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3 Invitrogen iPath™ Online BioAtlas - Pathways for IFNA4 (Maps provided by GeneGo):
 IFN/Toll receptor pathways
 IFN alpha/beta signaling pathway
 Activation of ISRE-dependent transcription by INF-alpha

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2 Millipore Pathways for IFNA4
 Immune response IFN alpha/beta signaling pathway
  TICAM1-specific signaling pathways

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4 Sigma-Aldrich "Your Favorite Gene" Pathways for  IFNA4  (Your Favorite Gene powered by Ingenuity) 
 Role of RIG1-like Receptors in Antiviral Innate Immunity
 Role of Cytokines in Mediating Communication between Immune Cells
 IL-12 Signaling and Production in Macrophages
 Activation of IRF by Cytosolic Pattern Recognition Receptors

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5/7 Kegg Pathways  (Kegg details for IFNA4) (see all 7 ):
 hsa04060 Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction
 hsa04140 Regulation of autophagy
 hsa04612 Antigen processing and presentation
 hsa04620 Toll-like receptor signaling pathway
 hsa04630 Jak-STAT signaling pathway

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2 Gene Ontology (GO) biological process terms (links to tree view):

GO IDQualified GO termEvidencePubMed IDs
GO:0006952 defense response IEA--
GO:0009615 response to virus TAS3891272
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(Chemical Compounds according to UniProtKB, Enzo Life Sciences, Sigma-Aldrich, Tocris Bioscience, and/or Novoseek and Drugs according to Enzo Life Sciences and/or PharmGKB)
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(GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ Accessions according to
Unigene (Build 219 Homo sapiens; Jun 2 2009) or GenBank,
RefSeq according to Entrez Gene,
DOTS (version 10), and/or AceView,
non coding RNAs according to RNAdb,
ESTs according to GeneTide,
exon structure from GeneLoc, alternative splicing isoforms according to ASD and/or ECgene,
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Applied Biosystems Silencer® siRNAs: 

NM_021068  

REFSEQ mRNAs for IFNA4 gene: 

NM_021068.2   

Applied Biosystems TaqMan ® Gene Expression Assays: 

NM_021068  

              OriGene GFP tagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_021068
                                 Myc/DDK tagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_021068
                                 untagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_021068 

Additional cDNA sequence: 

BC074965.2 BC074966.2 BC113640.1 BC113642.1 M27318.1 

1 DOTS entry:

DT.121148358 

11 AceView cDNA sequences:

BC074966 BV199635 BV199629 M27318 NM_021068 BV199634 BC074965 BV199637 
BV199636 BV199639 BV199642 

highest scoring ESTs for IFNA4:

BC074965 BC074966 M27318 BC113640 BC113642 NM_021068 

Unigene Cluster for IFNA4:

Interferon, alpha 4
Hs.1510
Unigene Representative Sequence: NM_021068


GeneLoc Exon Structure

1 Ensembl transcript including schematic representation:
ENST00000380222  
(Experimental results according to 1GeneNote and GNF BioGPS,
probe sets-to-genes annotations according to 2GeneAnnot , 3GeneTide , Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks, Electronic Northern calculations according to data from UniGene (Build 219 Homo sapiens), SAGE tags according to CGAP, plus additional links to SOURCE, and/or GNF BioGPS, and/or EXPOLDB, and/or UniProtKB,
Expression Assays from Applied Biosystems )
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IFNA4 expression in normal and diseased human tissues

 Applied Biosystems TaqMan ® Gene Expression Assays for IFNA4

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5 probe-sets matching IFNA4 gene


Affymetrix
probe-set
Array  GeneAnnot data GeneNote data GeneTide data
# genes Sensitivity Specificity Correlation Length Gb_Accession Consensus Uniqueness Score Rank

1580_f_at2, 3 U95-A 15 1.00 0.24 1.00 1.00 M27318 0.80 0.80 0.80 1

207964_x_at2, 3 U133-A 13 1.00 0.31 -- -- NM_021068 0.40 0.67 0.55 1

211405_x_at2 U133-A 13 0.82 0.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- --

207964_x_at2 U133Plus2 13 1.00 0.31 -- -- -- -- -- -- --

211405_x_at2 U133Plus2 13 0.82 0.13 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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Data from (Publications) and GNF BioGPS
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CGAP SAGE TAG: --

SOURCE GeneReport for Unigene cluster: Hs.1510

Expression variation in blood from EXPOLDB for IFNA4

(Orthologs according to 1,2HomoloGene (2older version, for species not in 1newer version), 3euGenes, 4SGD and/or 5MGI Jun 06 2009, with possible further links to Flybase and/or WormBase, Gene Trees according to Ensembl)
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Orthologs for IFNA4 gene from 1 species
Organism Gene Locus Description Human
Similarity
NCBI accessions
chimpanzee
(Pan troglodytes)
IFNA41   -- interferon, alpha 4 96.65(n)
94.71(a)
741890  XM_001151949.1  XP_001151949.1 
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ENSEMBL Gene Tree for IFNA4
(Paralogs according to 1HomoloGene
and 2Ensembl, Pseudogenes according to 3Pseudogene.org)
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Paralogs for IFNA4 gene
IFNA12  IFNA212  IFNA22  IFNA72  IFNA172  IFNA62  IFNA142  IFNA132  
IFNA162  IFNA102  IFNA82  IFNA52  

(According to the 1NCBI SNP Database, 2Ensembl, 3PupaSUITE, and UniProtKB, Linkage Disequilibrium by HapMap, Genotyping Reagents from Applied Biosystems)
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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: IFNA4_HUMAN, P05014
Polymorphism: Two forms exist; alpha-4a (shown here) and alpha-4b. They seem to be equally abundant


10/29 NCBI SNPs in IFNA4 are shown (see all 29 )
(Click for Applied Biosystems TaqMan ® Genotyping Assay)  (see all 11)
ABGenomic DataTranscription DataAllele Frequencies
SNP IDValidChr 9 posSequenceRecsAA
Chg
TypeMoreRecsAllele
freq
PopTotal
sample
More
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rs78708401,2
A,C,F,H21177928(+) aaagtT/Caaact 1 -- ng314Minor allele frequency- C:0.21EU EA WA 406
--
rs70356391,2
A,C,F,H21179262(+) ATGTAG/CATCTG 1 -- ng317Minor allele frequency- C:0.33EU EA WA NA 558
--
rs37504791,2
A,C,F,H21176931(+) AGTCAA/GTCAGG 1 -- ut3112Minor allele frequency- G:0.37EA EU WA NA 2438
--
rs10625711,2
A,C,F21177311(-) AGAAGA/GCTCAA 1 A/T mis1 ese31Minor allele frequency- G:0.15EA 1448
--
rs10625741,2
F,H21177115(-) GGACTC/TCATCC 1 S/F mis1 ese35Minor allele frequency- T:0.11MN EU EA WA 600
--
rs109648961,2
F,H21178207(+) CTTCAC/TCAGCT 1 -- ng314Minor allele frequency- T:0.34EU EA WA 418
--
rs109648991,2
A21178352(+) ACATCC/TTGAAG 1 -- ng310--------
--
rs39552351,2
A21177773(+) CAAAGC/GCTTTT 1 -- ng310--------
--
rs122360481,2
A21176254(+) TATCTC/GTGCTT 1 -- ng510--------
--
rs108114941,2
A21179377(+) AATAAC/GTAGCC 1 -- ng310--------
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HapMap Linkage Disequilibrium images for IFNA4 (up to first 250kb)

(in which this Gene is Involved, According to OMIM, UniProtKB, PharmGKB, Genatlas, GeneTests, Blood group antigen gene mutations by BGMUT, HGMD, GAD, HuGE Navigator, BCGD, and/or TGDB.)
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OMIM: 147564

(Possibly Related Articles in Doctor's Guide)
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(in PubMed. Associations of this gene to articles via 1Novoseek, 2HGNC, 3Entrez Gene, 4UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, 5UniProtKB/TrEMBL, 6GAD, and/or 7PharmGKB)
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10/18 PubMed articles for IFNA4 gene (see all 18 ):
(in PubMed, OMIM, and NCBI Bookshelf)
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 ANDOR
Aliases
Free Text  

  Query String
PubMed
OMIM
NCBI Bookshelf
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(According to Entrez Gene, HGNC, AceView, euGenes, Ensembl, miRBase, ECgene, and/or H-InvDB)
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Entrez Gene: 3441 HGNC: 5425 AceView: IFNA4 Ensembl:ENSG00000147877 euGenes: HUgn3441
ECgene: IFNA4 H-InvDB: IFNA4
(According to HUGE)
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(According to ATLAS, HORDE, IMGT, MTDB, LEIDEN, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, and/or UniProtKB/TrEMBL,
Wikipedia and/or GeneReviews via UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)
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