IFNK

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Interferon, kappa
Identifiers
SymbolsIFNK; RP11-27J8.1
External IDsMGI: 2683287 HomoloGene: 36384 GeneCards: IFNK Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez56832387510
EnsemblENSG00000147896ENSMUSG00000042993
UniProtQ9P0W0Q7TSL0
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_020124NM_199157
RefSeq (protein)NP_064509NP_954608
Location (UCSC)Chr 9:
27.52 – 27.53 Mb
Chr 4:
35.15 – 35.15 Mb
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Interferon kappa, also known as IFN-kappa, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IFNK gene.[1][2][3]

Function

IFN-kappa is a member of the type I interferon family. Type I interferons are a group of related glycoproteins that play an important role in host defenses against viral infections. This protein is expressed in keratinocytes and the gene is found on chromosome 9, adjacent to the type I interferon cluster.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: interferon". 
  2. LaFleur DW, Nardelli B, Tsareva T, Mather D, Feng P, Semenuk M, Taylor K, Buergin M, Chinchilla D, Roshke V, Chen G, Ruben SM, Pitha PM, Coleman TA, Moore PA (October 2001). "Interferon-kappa, a novel type I interferon expressed in human keratinocytes". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (43): 39765–71. doi:10.1074/jbc.M102502200. PMID 11514542. 
  3. Nardelli B, Zaritskaya L, Semenuk M, Cho YH, LaFleur DW, Shah D, Ullrich S, Girolomoni G, Albanesi C, Moore PA (November 2002). "Regulatory effect of IFN-kappa, a novel type I IFN, on cytokine production by cells of the innate immune system". J. Immunol. 169 (9): 4822–30. PMID 12391192. 

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