Interferon kappa, also known as IFN-kappa, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IFNK gene.[5][6][7]

IFNK
Identifiers
AliasesIFNK, IFNT1, INFE1, interferon kappa
External IDsOMIM: 615326; MGI: 2683287; HomoloGene: 36384; GeneCards: IFNK; OMA:IFNK - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020124

NM_199157

RefSeq (protein)

NP_064509

NP_954608

Location (UCSC)Chr 9: 27.52 – 27.53 MbChr 4: 35.15 – 35.15 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Function

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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.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000147896Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000042993Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: interferon".
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.169.9.4822. PMID 12391192.

3.Antiviral activity of transiently expressed IFN-kappa is cell-associated. Buontempo, P.J., Jubin, R.G., Buontempo, C.A., Wagner, N.E., Reyes, G.R., Baroudy, B.M. J. Interferon Cytokine Res. (2006) [Pubmed]

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