IFNA6 Gene
protein-coding GIFtS: 53
GCID: GC09M021340
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interferon, alpha 6
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Aliases for IFNA6 gene
(According to
1HGNC,
2Entrez Gene,
3UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot,
4UniProtKB/TrEMBL, 5OMIM, 6GeneLoc,
7Ensembl,
8DME,
9miRBase,
and/or 10fRNAdb) About This Section
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| Interferon, Alpha 61 2 | | LeIF K2 3 | | IFN-AlphaK1 | | IFN-Alpha-61 | | Interferon Alpha-542 3 | | Interferon Alpha-62 | | Interferon Alpha-K2 3 | | |
Export aliases for IFNA6 gene to outside databasesPrevious GC identifers: GC09M021677 GC09M021551 |
Summaries for IFNA6 gene(According to Entrez Gene,
Tocris Bioscience,
Wikipedia's
Gene Wiki,
PharmGKB,
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot,
and/or
UniProtKB/TrEMBL)
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| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: IFNA6_HUMAN, P05013Function: Produced by macrophages, IFN-alpha have antiviral activities. Interferon stimulates the production of twoenzymes: a protein kinase and an oligoadenylate synthetase Gene Wiki entry for IFNA6
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Genomic Views for IFNA6 gene
(According to
GeneLoc and/or
HGNC, and/or
Entrez Gene (NCBI build 37),
and/or miRBase,
Genomic Views according to
UCSC (hg19) and
Ensembl (release 69),
Regulatory elements and Epigenetics data according to
QIAGEN,
SABiosciences, and/or
SwitchGear Genomics) About This Section
| RefSeq DNA sequence:- NC_000009.11 NC_018920.1 NT_008413.18
Regulatory elements: SABiosciences Regulatory transcription factor binding sites in the IFNA6 gene promoter: HEN1 Egr-3 Egr-2 IRF-7A NF-kappaB1 NF-kappaB Egr-4 Other transcription factors
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Epigenetics:
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Genomic Location: Genomic View: UCSC Golden Path with GeneCards custom track
Entrez Gene cytogenetic band: 9p22 Ensembl cytogenetic band: 9p21.3 HGNC cytogenetic band: 9p22IFNA6 Gene in genomic location: bands according to Ensembl, locations according to
(and/or Entrez Gene and/or Ensembl if different)

GeneLoc information about chromosome 9 GeneLoc Exon Structure GeneLoc location for GC09M021340: view genomic region
(about GC identifiers)
Start:
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21,349,834 bp from pter |
End:
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21,351,377 bp from pter |
Size:
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1,544 bases |
Orientation:
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minus strand |
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Proteins for IFNA6 gene
(According to
1UniProtKB,
HORDE,
neXtProt,
Ensembl,
and/or Reactome,
Modification sites according to 2PhosphoSitePlus,
Specific Peptides from DME,
Protein expression images according to data from SPIRE MOPED and PaxDb,
RefSeq according to NCBI,
PDB rendering according to OCA and/or Proteopedia,
Recombinant Proteins
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Biochemical Assays by
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R&D Systems,
OriGene,
GenScript,
Cell Signaling Technology,
Enzo Life Sciences, and/or
Uscn,
Ontologies according to Gene
Ontology Consortium 01 Mar 2013 and
Entrez Gene,
Antibodies by
EMD Millipore,
R&D Systems,
GenScript,
Cell Signaling Technology,
OriGene,
Novus Biologicals,
Thermo Fisher Scientific,
Abcam, and/or
Uscn)
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| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: IFNA6_HUMAN, P05013 (See
protein sequence)Recommended Name: Interferon alpha-6 precursor Size: 189 amino acids; 22141 Da
Subcellular location: Secreted
Secondary accessions: Q5VYQ1Explore the universe of human proteins at neXtProt for IFNA6: NX_P05013
Post-translational modifications:
View modification sites using PhosphoSitePlus2View neXtProt modification sites for NX_P05013 IFNA6 Protein expression data from MOPED and PaxDb: About this image 
REFSEQ proteins: NP_066282.1 ENSEMBL proteins: ENSP00000369558 Reactome Protein details: P05013 Human Recombinant Protein Products:
Gene Ontology (GO): 3 cellular component terms (GO ID links to tree view): About this table
IFNA6 for ontologies About GeneDecksing
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Protein
Domains / Families for IFNA6 gene(According to InterPro, ProtoNet,
UniProtKB, and/or BLOCKS,
Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks)
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IFNA6 for domains About GeneDecksing
4 InterPro domains/families:Graphical View of Domain Structure for InterPro Entry P05013ProtoNet protein and cluster: P05013 1 Blocks protein family: IPB000471 Interferon alpha
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: IFNA6_HUMAN, P05013Similarity: Belongs to the alpha/beta interferon family |
Function for IFNA6 gene
(According to 1UniProtKB,
Genatlas,
LifeMap Discovery™,
IUBMB, and/or
2DME,
Human phenotypes from GenomeRNAi,
Animal models from MGI Mar 06 2013,
bound targets from SABiosciences,
miRNA Gene Targets from miRTarBase
shRNA from
OriGene,
RNAi from
EMD Millipore,
siRNAs from
OriGene,
QIAGEN,
microRNA from QIAGEN,
Gene Editing from DNA2.0,
Clones from EMD Millipore,
OriGene,
SwitchGear Genomics,
GenScript,
Sino Biological,
DNA2.0,
and Vector BioLabs,
Cell Lines from GenScript,
LifeMap BioReagents,
In Situ Hybridization Assays from Advanced Cell Diagnostics,
Ontologies according to Gene Ontology Consortium 01 Mar 2013 via
Entrez Gene.)
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| Function Summary: UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: IFNA6_HUMAN, P05013Function: Produced by macrophages, IFN-alpha have antiviral activities. Interferon stimulates the production of twoenzymes: a protein kinase and an oligoadenylate synthetase Genatlas biochemistry entry for IFNA6:interferon type I,alpha 6,leukocyte
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Gene Ontology (GO): 2 molecular function terms (GO ID links to tree view): About this table | GO ID | Qualified GO term | Evidence | PubMed IDs |
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| GO:0005125 | cytokine activity |
IEA | -- | | GO:0005126 | cytokine receptor binding |
NAS | -- |
IFNA6 for ontologies About GeneDecksing
1 GenomeRNAi human phenotype for IFNA6:
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Pathways & Interactions for IFNA6 gene
(Pathways according to
EMD Millipore,
R&D Systems,
Cell Signaling Technology,
KEGG,
PharmGKB,
BioSystems,
Reactome,
Tocris Bioscience,
GeneGo (Thomson Reuters),
QIAGEN,
and/or UniProtKB,
Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks,
Interaction Networks according to
SABiosciences,
and/or STRING,
Interactions according to 1UniProtKB,
2MINT,
3I2D, and/or
4STRING,
with links to IntAct and
Ensembl,
Ontologies according to Gene Ontology Consortium 01 Mar 2013 via
Entrez Gene).
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| Unified GeneCards pathways - 5/20 super-pathways (see all 20) About this table  See pathways by source
| Super-pathway | contained gene-specific pathways |
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| 1 | Regulation of IFNA signaling | | | 2 | Immune response_TLR3 and TLR4 induce TICAM1-specific signaling pathway | | | 3 | Cytokine Signaling in Immune system | | | 4 | Immune System | | | 5 | Toll-like receptor signaling pathway | |
Pathway sources See GeneCards unified pathways Show all pathways
2 EMD Millipore Pathways for IFNA6 4 Downloadable PowerPoint Slides of QIAGEN Pathway Central Maps for IFNA6 2 GeneGo (Thomson Reuters) Pathways for IFNA6 1 BioSystems Pathway for IFNA6 
5/11
Reactome Pathways for IFNA6 (see all 11)
5/12
Kegg Pathways (Kegg details for IFNA6) (see all 12):
IFNA6 for pathways About GeneDecksing
Interactions:
Search SABiosciences Gene Network CentralTM Interacting Genes and Proteins Networks for IFNA6
STRING Interaction
Network Preview (showing 5 interactants - click image to see 22)
 5/26 Interacting proteins for IFNA6 (P050133 ENSP000003695584) via UniProtKB, MINT, STRING, and/or I2D (see all 26)About this table
Gene Ontology (GO): 5/7 biological process terms (GO ID links to tree view) (see all 7): About this table
IFNA6 for ontologies About GeneDecksing
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Drugs & Compounds for IFNA6 gene(Chemical Compounds according to UniProtKB, Enzo Life Sciences,
EMD Millipore, Tocris Bioscience
HMDB,
BitterDB, and/or
Novoseek, and Drugs according to
DrugBank,
Enzo Life Sciences, and/or
PharmGKB, with drugs/clinical trials/news
search links to CenterWatch)
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Browse Tocris compounds for IFNA6 Search CenterWatch for drugs/clinical trials and news about IFNA6 
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Transcripts for IFNA6 gene(Secondary structures according to
fRNAdb,
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ Accessions according to
Unigene
(Build 235 Homo sapiens; Mar 10 2013) or GenBank, RefSeq according to Entrez Gene,
DOTS (version 10), and/or
AceView,
transcript ids from Ensembl
with links to UCSC,
exon structure from GeneLoc,
alternative splicing isoforms according to ASD and/or
ECgene,
RNAi Products from
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Tagged/untagged cDNA clones from
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GenScript,
DNA2.0,
Vector BioLabs,
Primers from
OriGene,
SABiosciences, and/or
QIAGEN
) About This Section
| REFSEQ mRNAs for IFNA6 gene: NM_021002.2 Unigene Cluster for IFNA6: Interferon, alpha 6 Hs.533470 Unigene Representative Sequence: BC0694711 Ensembl transcript including schematic representation, and UCSC links where relevant: ENST00000380210(uc011lni.2)
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Additional cDNA sequence: BC069471.1 BC096697.1 BC096710.1 BC096730.1 BC098357.1 1 DOTS entry: DT.91811057 6 AceView cDNA sequences: BC074956 NM_002172 V00542 NM_021002 CR541921 BC069471 GeneLoc Exon Structure
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Expression for IFNA6 gene
(RNA expression data according to
H-InvDB,
NONCODE,
miRBase, and
RNAdb,
Expression images according to data from
BioGPS,
Illumina Human BodyMap, and
CGAP
SAGE,
Sets of similar genes according to GeneDecks,
in vivo and in vitro expression data from LifeMap Discovery™,
plus additional links to
Genevestigator, and/or
SOURCE, and/or
BioGPS, and/or
UniProtKB,
PCR Arrays from
SABiosciences,
Primers from
OriGene,
SABiosciences, and/or
QIAGEN,
In Situ Hybridization Assays from Advanced Cell Diagnostics)
About This Section
| IFNA6 expression in normal human tissues (normalized intensities) See probesets specificity/sensitivity at GeneAnnot About this imageBioGPS CGAP TAG: AGATCCTTCT
About this image See IFNA6 Protein Expression from SPIRE MOPED and PaxDB Genevestigator expression for IFNA6
SOURCE GeneReport for Unigene cluster: Hs.533470 SABiosciences Expression via Pathway-Focused PCR Array including IFNA6: | Interferons & Receptors in human mouse rat |
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Orthologs for IFNA6 gene
(Orthologs according to
1,2HomoloGene (2older version, for species not in 1newer version),
3euGenes,
4SGD
,
5MGI Mar 06 2013,
with possible further links to
Flybase
and/or
WormBase,
and/or
6Ensembl pan taxonomic compara ,
Gene Trees according to Ensembl and
TreeFam)
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This gene was present in the common ancestor of chordates.
Orthologs for IFNA6 gene from 3/7 species (see all 7) About this table
ENSEMBL Gene Tree for IFNA6 (if available) TreeFam Gene Tree for IFNA6 (if available)  |
Paralogs for IFNA6 gene(Paralogs according to
1HomoloGene, 2Ensembl, and 3SIMAP, Pseudogenes according to 4Pseudogene.org Build 68) About This Section
| Paralogs for IFNA6 gene
- IFNA72 IFNA22 IFNE2 IFNA42 IFNA142 IFNA52 IFNK2 IFNA12
- IFNA212 IFNA172 IFNB12 IFNA132 IFNW12 IFNA162 IFNA102 IFNA82
18 SIMAP similar genes for IFNA6 using alignment to 1 protein entry: IFNA6_HUMAN:IFNA14 IFNA5 IFN-2 IFNA IFNA10 IFNA4 IFNA17 IFNA21 IFNA2 IFNA1 IFNA13 IFNA2B IFNA7 IFNA16 IFNA8 IFNW1 IFNE IFNB1
IFNA6 for paralogs About GeneDecksing
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Genomic Variants for IFNA6 gene(SNPs/Variants according to the
1NCBI SNP Database,
2Ensembl,
3PupaSUITE,
UniProtKB, and
DNA2.0,
Linkage Disequilibrium by HapMap,
Structural Variations(CNVs/InDels/Inversions) from the Database of Genomic Variants, Mutations from the Human Gene
Mutation Database (HGMD) and the Locus Specific Mutation
Databases (LSDB), Blood group antigen gene mutations by BGMUT,
Resequencing Primers from QIAGEN,
Cancer Mutation PCR Arrays and Assays and Copy Number PCR Arrays from SABiosciences)
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| Genomic Data | Transcription Related Data | Allele Frequencies | | SNP ID | Valid | Clinical significance | Chr 9 pos | Sequence | # | AA Chg | Type | More | # | Allele freq | Pop | Total sample | More |
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HapMap Linkage Disequilibrium report for IFNA6 (21349834 - 21351377 bp)
Structural Variations (Copy Number Variations, Insertions/Deletions, Inversions) Database of Genomic Variants (DGV) variations for IFNA6: --  | SABiosciences Cancer Mutation PCR Assays |
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Disorders
/ Diseases for IFNA6 gene
(in which this Gene is Involved, According to MalaCards,
OMIM, UniProtKB,
the University of Copenhagen DISEASES
database,
Genatlas, GeneTests,
GAD,
HuGE Navigator,
and/or TGDB.)
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IFNA6 for disorders About GeneDecksing
OMIM gene information: 147566
OMIM disorders: --
12 diseases for IFNA6: About MalaCardsdengue hemorrhagic fever hemorrhagic fever bronchiolitis autoimmune thyroiditis hepatitis c hepatitis b measles hepatitis influenza thyroiditis tuberculosis melanoma Human Genome Epidemiology (HuGE) Navigator: IFNA6 (7 documents) Export disorders for IFNA6 gene to outside databases
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Publications for IFNA6 gene (in
PubMed.
Associations of this gene to articles via
1Entrez Gene,
2UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot,
3HGNC,
4GAD,
5PharmGKB,
6HMDB,
7DrugBank,
8UniProtKB/TrEMBL,
9 Novoseek, and/or
10fRNAdb)
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PubMed articles for IFNA6 gene, integrated from 9 sources (see all 63): (articles sorted by number of sources associating them with IFNA6) | |  | Utopia: connect your pdf to the dynamic world of online information |
- Signal peptide prediction based on analysis of experimentally verified cleavage sites. (PubMed id 15340161)1, 2 Zhang Z. and Henzel W.J. (2004)
- The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). (PubMed id 15489334)1, 2 Gerhard D.S....Malek J. (2004)
- Mapping of the shortest region of overlap of deletions of the short arm of chromosome 9 associated with human neoplasia. (PubMed id 1385305)1, 3 Olopade O.I....Diaz M.O. (1992)
- Structural relationship of human interferon alpha genes and pseudogenes. (PubMed id 4057246)1, 2 Henco K.... Weissmann C. (1985)
- Inhibitory effects of human immunodeficiency virus gp1 20 and Tat on CpG-A-induced inflammatory cytokines in plasmacytoid dendritic cel ls. (PubMed id 22814248)1 Fang M....Yao H. (2012)
- HIV-1 Gag-virus-like particles inhibit HIV-1 replicati on in dendritic cells and T cells through IFN-a-dependent upregulation of APOBEC 3G and 3F. (PubMed id 22739040)1 Chang M.O....Takaku H. (2012)
- Role of retroviral restriction factors in the interfer on-a-mediated suppression of HIV-1 in vivo. (PubMed id 22315404)1 Pillai S.K....Wong J.K. (2012)
- Dengue hemorrhagic fever is associated with polymorph isms in JAK1. (PubMed id 20588308)1 Silva L.K....Teixeira M.G. (2010)
- Interleukin-9 polymorphism in infants with respirator y syncytial virus infection: an opposite effect in boys and girls. (PubMed id 20503287)1 Schuurhof A....Janssen R. (2010)
- New genetic associations detected in a host response study to hepatitis B vaccine. (PubMed id 20237496)1 Davila S....Seielstad M. (2010)
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External Searches for IFNA6 gene
(in PubMed,
OMIM, and NCBI Bookshelf) About This Section
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Genome Databases showing IFNA6 gene
(According to
Entrez Gene,
HGNC,
AceView,
euGenes,
Ensembl,
miRBase,
ECgene,
Kegg,
and/or
H-InvDB)
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Other Databases showing IFNA6 gene
(According to HUGE)
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Specialized Databases showing IFNA6 gene(According to PharmGKB,
ATLAS, HORDE, IMGT, LEIDEN, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, and/or UniProtKB/TrEMBL, Wikipedia and/or GeneReviews via UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot) About This Section
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| Name | Description |
| PharmGKB entry for IFNA6 | Pharmacogenomics, SNPs, Pathways |
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| Patent Information for IFNA6 gene: Search GeneIP for patents involving IFNA6
GeneCards and IP: Japan Patent Office Licenses GeneCards European Patent Office Licenses GeneCards Improving the IP Search
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