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Ifna6 interferon alpha 6 [ Mus musculus (house mouse) ]

Gene ID: 15969, updated on 9-Dec-2024

Summary

Official Symbol
Ifna6provided by MGI
Official Full Name
interferon alpha 6provided by MGI
Primary source
MGI:MGI:107662
See related
Ensembl:ENSMUSG00000101252 AllianceGenome:MGI:107662
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
VALIDATED
Organism
Mus musculus
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Mus; Mus
Also known as
Ifa6; Ifa8; Ifna8; IFNa8/6; If1ai11; IFN-alpha-6; IFN-alpha-8
Summary
Predicted to enable cytokine activity and type I interferon receptor binding activity. Acts upstream of or within defense response to virus. Located in extracellular space. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever; common cold; hepatitis B; liver disease (multiple); and sarcoidosis. Orthologous to several human genes including IFNA4 (interferon alpha 4). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Dec 2024]
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Genomic context

See Ifna6 in Genome Data Viewer
Location:
4 C4; 4 42.03 cM
Exon count:
1
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_02 current GRCm39 (GCF_000001635.27) 4 NC_000070.7 (88745627..88746269)
108.20200622 previous assembly GRCm38.p6 (GCF_000001635.26) 4 NC_000070.6 (88827276..88828032)

Chromosome 4 - NC_000070.7Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene interferon alpha 7 Neighboring gene interferon alpha 11 Neighboring gene interferon alpha 5 Neighboring gene interferon alpha 4

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

Variation

Alleles

Alleles of this type are documented at Mouse Genome Informatics  (MGI)
  • Endonuclease-mediated (1) 
  • Targeted (1)  1 citation

Pathways from PubChem

General gene information

Markers

Clone Names

  • MGC143604

Gene Ontology Provided by MGI

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables cytokine activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables cytokine activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables cytokine activity ISO
Inferred from Sequence Orthology
more info
 
enables cytokine receptor binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables type I interferon receptor binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in B cell activation involved in immune response IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in T cell activation involved in immune response IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in adaptive immune response IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
NOT acts_upstream_of_or_within defense response to virus IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within defense response to virus IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in humoral immune response IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in natural killer cell activation involved in immune response IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in response to exogenous dsRNA IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in signal transduction IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
is_active_in extracellular space IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in extracellular space IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
is_active_in extracellular space ISO
Inferred from Sequence Orthology
more info
 

General protein information

Preferred Names
interferon alpha-6
Names
interferon 1ai11
interferon alpha 8/6
interferon alpha family, gene 6
interferon alpha family, gene 8
interferon alpha-8

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_206871.3NP_996754.1  interferon alpha-6 precursor

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_996754.1

    Status: VALIDATED

    Source sequence(s)
    AL928605
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS38811.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    B9EKS5, P07350, P17660
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    B1AYH8, Q810G5
    Related
    ENSMUSP00000100777.4, ENSMUST00000105146.4
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    pfam00143
    Location:26185
    Interferon; Interferon alpha/beta domain

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001635.27-RS_2024_02

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCm39 C57BL/6J

Genomic

  1. NC_000070.7 Reference GRCm39 C57BL/6J

    Range
    88745627..88746269
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    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)