Interferon alpha-1

IFNA1
Available structures
PDB	Human UniProt search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	3UX9
Identifiers
Aliases	IFNA1, IFL, IFN, IFN-ALPHA, IFN-alphaD, IFNA13, IFNA@, Interferon, alpha 1, interferon alpha 1, leIF D
External IDs	OMIM: 147660; HomoloGene: 136811; GeneCards: IFNA1; OMA:IFNA1 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 9 (human)
End	21,441,316 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	testicle; ; Cerebellum; ; primary visual cortex; ; cerebellar hemisphere; ; right hemisphere of cerebellum; ; hippocampal formation; ; prefrontal cortex; ; hippocampus proper; ; Brodmann area 9; ; urinary bladder;
	n/a
	More reference expression data
	; ;
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	cytokine activity; type I interferon receptor binding; cytokine receptor binding;
Cellular component	extracellular region; extracellular space;
Biological process	natural killer cell activation involved in immune response; B cell differentiation; defense response; B cell proliferation; blood coagulation; positive regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation of STAT protein; humoral immune response; adaptive immune response; defense response to virus; type I interferon signaling pathway; response to exogenous dsRNA; T cell activation involved in immune response; cytokine-mediated signaling pathway; innate immune response; regulation of signaling receptor activity;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	3439
	n/a
	ENSG00000197919
	n/a
	P01562
	n/a
	NM_024013
	n/a
	NP_076918
	n/a
	Wikidata
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Interferon alpha-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IFNA1 gene.

Leukocyte interferon is produced predominantly by B lymphocytes. Immune interferon (IFN-gamma; MIM 147570) is produced by mitogen- or antigen-stimulated T lymphocytes.[supplied by OMIM]