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IFNA8 Gene

protein-coding   GIFtS: 57

GC09P021399
interferon, alpha 8
Symbol approved by the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) database
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3UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, 4UniProtKB/TrEMBL, 5OMIM, 6GeneLoc , and/or 7Ensembl, 8miRBase)
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Aliases
OTTHUMP00000021146 2
Descriptions
Interferon alpha-B 3
Interferon alpha-B2 3
LeIF B 3
interferon alpha type 201 2
interferon alpha-B' 2
interferon, alpha 8 2
External Ids
HGNC: 54291
Entrez Gene: 34452
UniProtKB: P328813
Ensembl: ENSG000001202427
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Previous GC identifers: GC09P021736 GC09P021610

(According to Entrez Gene, Wikipedia's Gene Wiki,
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, and/or UniProtKB/TrEMBL)
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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: IFNA8_HUMAN, P32881
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 IFNA8

(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 IFNA8 gene  

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

IFNA8 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 GC09P021399:     (about GC identifiers)

Start:
21,399,146 bp from pter
End:
21,400,184 bp from pter
Size:
1,039 bases
Orientation:
plus 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,
Biochemical Assays by Invitrogen, Millipore, R&D Systems, Cell Signaling Technology, and/or Enzo Life Sciences, Ontologies according to Gene Ontology Consortium 01 Apr 2009 and Entrez Gene, Antibodies by Invitrogen, Millipore, Sigma-Aldrich, R&D Systems, Cell Signaling Technology, Abcam, Abnova, and/or Novus Biologicals)
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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: IFNA8_HUMAN, P32881 (See protein sequence)
Recommended Name: Interferon alpha-8 precursor  
Size: 189 amino acids; 21989 Da
Subcellular location: Secreted
Secondary accessions: P01565 P09236

REFSEQ proteins: NP_002161.2  

ENSEMBL proteins: 
ENSP00000369553 


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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 P32881

ProtoNet protein and cluster: P32881

1 Blocks protein family: IPB000471 Interferon alpha

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: IFNA8_HUMAN, P32881
Similarity: Belongs to the alpha/beta interferon family

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RNA:
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                                 Myc/DDK tagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_002170
                                 untagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_002170 

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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: IFNA8_HUMAN, P32881
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 IFNA8:
interferon type I,alpha 8,leukocyte

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

GO IDQualified GO termEvidencePubMed IDs
GO:0005125 cytokine activity IEA--
GO:0005126 hematopoietin/interferon-class (D200-domain) cytokine receptor binding TAS6163083
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2 Millipore Pathways for IFNA8
 Immune response IFN alpha/beta signaling pathway
  TICAM1-specific signaling pathways

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4 Sigma-Aldrich "Your Favorite Gene" Pathways for  IFNA8  (Your Favorite Gene powered by Ingenuity) 
 Role of RIG1-like Receptors in Antiviral Innate Immunity
 Role of Cytokines in Mediating Communication between Immune Cells
 Activation of IRF by Cytosolic Pattern Recognition Receptors
 IL-12 Signaling and Production in Macrophages

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5/7 Kegg Pathways  (Kegg details for IFNA8) (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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5/29 Interacting proteins for IFNA8 (ENSP000003695533) via UniProtKB, MINT, and/or STRING (see all 29 )
InteractantInteraction Details
GeneCardExternal ID(s)
IFNAR2ENSP000003716763STRING (score=.996)
IFNGENSP000002291353STRING (score=.964)
IFNA17ENSP000003695623STRING (score=.901)
IFNA5ENSP000003695603STRING (score=.901)
IFNA14ENSP000003695693STRING (score=.9)
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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 IEA--
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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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Inhib.
RNA:
Invitrogen RNAi Products for gene knock-down (IFNA8)
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Applied Biosystems Silencer® siRNAs: 

NM_002170  

REFSEQ mRNAs for IFNA8 gene: 

NM_002170.3   

Applied Biosystems TaqMan ® Gene Expression Assays: 

NM_002170  

              OriGene GFP tagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_002170
                                 Myc/DDK tagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_002170
                                 untagged cDNA clone in CMV expression vector: NM_002170 

Additional cDNA sequence: 

BC104828.1 BC104830.1 K01900.1 V00545.1 V00550.1 

1 DOTS entry:

DT.208852 

4 AceView cDNA sequences:

V00550 V00545 K01900 NM_002170 

highest scoring ESTs for IFNA8:

K01900 V00545 V00550 NM_002170 BC104828 BC104830 J00208 

Unigene Cluster for IFNA8:

Interferon, alpha 8
Hs.73890
Unigene Representative Sequence: K01900


GeneLoc Exon Structure

1 Ensembl transcript including schematic representation:
ENST00000380205  
(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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IFNA8 expression in normal and diseased human tissues

 Applied Biosystems TaqMan ® Gene Expression Assays for IFNA8

1 / 2 / 3

3 probe-sets matching IFNA8 gene


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

682_at2, 3 U95-A 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 K01900 1.00 1.00 1.00 1

207932_at2, 3 U133-A 1 1.00 1.00 -- -- NM_002170 0.60 1.00 0.82 1

207932_at2 U133Plus2 1 1.00 1.00 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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Data from (Publications) and GNF BioGPS
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CGAP SAGE TAG: --

SOURCE GeneReport for Unigene cluster: Hs.73890

Expression variation in blood from EXPOLDB for IFNA8

(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 IFNA8 gene from 1 species
Organism Gene Locus Description Human
Similarity
NCBI accessions
chimpanzee
(Pan troglodytes)
IFNA81   -- interferon, alpha 8 98.94(n)
98.41(a)
473199  XM_528569.2  XP_528569.2 
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ENSEMBL Gene Tree for IFNA8
(Paralogs according to 1HomoloGene
and 2Ensembl, Pseudogenes according to 3Pseudogene.org)
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Paralogs for IFNA8 gene
IFNA12  IFNA212  IFNA22  IFNA72  IFNA172  IFNA42  IFNA62  IFNA142  
IFNA132  IFNA162  IFNA102  IFNA52  

(According to the 1NCBI SNP Database, 2Ensembl, 3PupaSUITE, and UniProtKB, Linkage Disequilibrium by HapMap, Genotyping Reagents from Applied Biosystems)
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10/39 NCBI SNPs in IFNA8 are shown (see all 39 )
(Click for Applied Biosystems TaqMan ® Genotyping Assay)  (see all 45)
ABGenomic DataTranscription DataAllele Frequencies
SNP IDValidChr 9 posSequenceRecsAA
Chg
TypeMoreRecsAllele
freq
PopTotal
sample
More
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rs13303221,2
A,C,F,H,O21397250(-) ATTGCG/ATGTTA 1 -- ng518Minor allele frequency- A:0.39EU EA WA NA 636
rs49781161,2
A,C,F,H21397638(+) TTTAGG/TTATAC 1 -- ng514Minor allele frequency- T:0.44EU EA WA 416
rs49781151,2
A,C,F,H21397604(+) GGGATA/GTTACT 1 -- ng515Minor allele frequency- G:0.11NS EU EA WA 1772
rs108115371,2
A,C,F,H21398824(+) TTGTTT/CTCTAA 1 -- ng515Minor allele frequency- C:0.21EU EA WA NS 1896
rs37396301,2
C,F,H21399584(-) GTCCTC/TGTACA 1 E/K mis112Minor allele frequency- T:0.03EA NA EU WA 2464
rs108115351,2
A,F,H21397696(+) CTTTTG/TCTTTC 1 -- ng514Minor allele frequency- T:0.10EU EA WA 418
rs109649811,2
C,F,H21398292(+) GCTTAT/AGTTTG 1 -- ng518Minor allele frequency- A:0.09EU EA WA 836
rs125536121,2
C,F,H21398857(+) attcaA/Catatg 1 -- ng518Minor allele frequency- C:0.11EU EA WA 840
rs109649821,2
C,F,H21399901(+) ATCCTG/ATTCAG 1 -- ut317Minor allele frequency- A:0.09EU EA WA NA 556
rs13303211,2
C,F,H21397375(-) AAACAT/CAAGAC 1 -- ng518Minor allele frequency- C:0.07EU EA WA 836
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HapMap Linkage Disequilibrium images for IFNA8 (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: 147568

Human Genome Epidemiology Navigator: IFNA8 (2 documents)

(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 IFNA8 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: 3445 HGNC: 5429 AceView: IFNA8 Ensembl:ENSG00000120242 euGenes: HUgn3445
ECgene: IFNA8 H-InvDB: IFNA8
(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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