IFNA6 (interferon alpha 6)

Gene

• Entrez ID: 3443
• Gene name: Interferon alpha 6
• Gene symbol: IFNA6
• Synonyms (NCBI Gene): IFN-alphaK
• Chromosome: 9
• Chromosome location: 9p21.3

miRNA

miRTarBase ID	miRNA	Experiments	Reference
MIRT445348	hsa-miR-603	PAR-CLIP	22100165
MIRT445347	hsa-miR-216b-3p	PAR-CLIP	22100165
MIRT445348	hsa-miR-603	PAR-CLIP	22100165
MIRT445347	hsa-miR-216b-3p	PAR-CLIP	22100165

Gene ontology (GO)

GO ID	Ontology	Definition	Evidence	Reference
GO:0002250	Process	Adaptive immune response	IBA
GO:0002286	Process	T cell activation involved in immune response	IBA
GO:0002312	Process	B cell activation involved in immune response	IBA
GO:0002323	Process	Natural killer cell activation involved in immune response	IBA
GO:0005125	Function	Cytokine activity	IBA
GO:0005125	Function	Cytokine activity	IEA
GO:0005126	Function	Cytokine receptor binding	IEA
GO:0005132	Function	Type I interferon receptor binding	IBA
GO:0005515	Function	Protein binding	IPI	32296183
GO:0005576	Component	Extracellular region	IEA
GO:0005576	Component	Extracellular region	TAS
GO:0005615	Component	Extracellular space	IBA
GO:0005615	Component	Extracellular space	IEA
GO:0006952	Process	Defense response	IEA
GO:0006959	Process	Humoral immune response	IBA
GO:0043330	Process	Response to exogenous dsRNA	IBA
GO:0051607	Process	Defense response to virus	IEA
GO:0060337	Process	Type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway	IBA
GO:0060337	Process	Type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway	NAS	30936491
GO:0098586	Process	Cellular response to virus	NAS	30936491

Other IDs

• MIM: 147566
• HGNC: 5427
• e!Ensembl: ENSG00000120235

Protein

• UniProt ID: P05013
• Protein name: Interferon alpha-6 (IFN-alpha-6) (Interferon alpha-54) (Interferon alpha-K) (LeIF K)
• Protein function: Produced by macrophages, IFN-alpha have antiviral activities. Interferon stimulates the production of two enzymes: a protein kinase and an oligoadenylate synthetase.
• Family and domains:

  Pfam

  Accession	ID	Position in sequence	Description	Type
  PF00143	Interferon	26 → 185	Interferon alpha/beta domain	Domain

• Sequence:

  MALPFALLMALVVLSCKSSCSLDCDLPQTHSLGHRRTMMLLAQMRRISLFSCLKDRHDFR
  FPQEEFDGNQFQKAEAISVLHEVIQQTFNLFSTKDSSVAWDERLLDKLYTELYQQLNDLE
  ACVMQEVWVGGTPLMNEDSILAVRKYFQRITLYLTEKKYSPCAWEVVRAEIMRSFSSSRN
  LQERLRRKE

• Sequence length: 189

Associated diseases

Evidence Score:

• ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only
• ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations
• ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources
• ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
• ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)

Unknown / Other Associations
Phenotype Name	Clinical Significance	Source	Evidence Score
EPILEPSY	—	GWAS catalog	★★☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children	risk factor	ClinVar	★★☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations

Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name	Disease (Merged)	Source	PMID	Relationship Type	Evidence Score
Blood Platelet Disorders	Platelet disorder	Pubtator	35217532	Associate	★☆☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining only
MILES-CARPENTER X-LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION SYNDROME	MILES-CARPENTER X-Linked MENTAL RETARDATION SYNDROME	BEFREE	23049769		★☆☆☆☆ Found in Text Mining only