Homo sapiens Gene: IFNAR1
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-2095.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol IFNAR1
Gene Name interferon (alpha, beta and omega) receptor 1
Synonyms AVP; IFN-alpha-REC; IFNAR; IFNBR; IFRC
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000142166
Encoded Proteins
interferon (alpha, beta and omega) receptor 1
interferon (alpha, beta and omega) receptor 1
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
InnateDB Annotation
Summary
IFNAR1 acts as a docking site for the latent form of STAT2 and mediates the interaction between JAK kinases and the STAT transcription factors.
IFNAR1 interacts with the amino-terminal half of TYK2 and this interaction is required for interferon (IFN)-alpha signal transduction.
The interferon alpha receptor is composed of two subunits: IFNAR1 and IFNAR2;IL10RB. IFNAR1 binds to STAT2 to initiate interferon (IFN) signalling.
Type I interferons (IFNs) play an important role in innate immunity to protozoan parasites by binding the IFN alpha receptor, composed of IFNAR1 and IFNAR2;IL10RB, and regulating neutrophil/monocyte recruitment, neutrophil turnover, and Leishmania infection.
IFNAR1 deficiency completely abolishes the reduction of sterol biosynthetic activity of macrophages during viral infections, thereby linking the regulation of lipid metabolism pathway with interferon anti-viral defence responses. (Demonstrated in murine model)
IFNAR1 is phosphorylated by p38 MAP kinase in response to pathogen-recognition receptor stimulation. This phosphorylation promotes IFNAR1 ubiquitination and accelerates the proteolytic turnover of the receptor, which leads to attenuation of type I IFN signalling.
InnateDB Annotation from Orthologs
Summary
[Mus musculus] Ifnar1 deficiency completely abolishes the reduction of sterol biosynthetic activity of macrophages during viral infections, thereby linking the regulation of lipid metabolism pathway with interferon anti-viral defence responses.
[Mus musculus] Ifnar1 is phosphorylated by p38 MAP kinase in response to pathogen-recognition receptor stimulation. This phosphorylation promotes Ifnar1 ubiquitination and accelerates the proteolytic turnover of the receptor, which leads to attenuation of type I IFN signalling.
Entrez Gene
Summary The protein encoded by this gene is a type I membrane protein that forms one of the two chains of a receptor for interferons alpha and beta. Binding and activation of the receptor stimulates Janus protein kinases, which in turn phosphorylate several proteins, including STAT1 and STAT2. The encoded protein also functions as an antiviral factor. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 21:33324477-33359862
Strand Forward strand
Band q22.11
Transcripts
ENST00000270139 ENSP00000270139
ENST00000442071 ENSP00000400161
ENST00000493503
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 39 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 5 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Experimentally validated
Total 39 [view]
Protein-Protein 34 [view]
Protein-DNA 5 [view]
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Predicted by orthology
Total 5 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0004904 interferon receptor activity
GO:0004905 type I interferon receptor activity
GO:0005515 protein binding
Biological Process
GO:0007166 cell surface receptor signaling pathway
GO:0007259 JAK-STAT cascade
GO:0009615 response to virus
GO:0019221 cytokine-mediated signaling pathway
GO:0032729 positive regulation of interferon-gamma production
GO:0042110 T cell activation
GO:0045087 innate immune response (InnateDB)
GO:0045351 type I interferon biosynthetic process
GO:0050718 positive regulation of interleukin-1 beta secretion
GO:0051607 defense response to virus
GO:0060337 type I interferon signaling pathway
GO:0060338 regulation of type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway
Cellular Component
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0005887 integral component of plasma membrane
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
Regulation of IFNA signaling pathway
Interferon alpha/beta signaling pathway
Cytokine Signaling in Immune system pathway
Interferon Signaling pathway
Immune System pathway
KEGG
Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction pathway
Toll-like receptor signaling pathway pathway
Jak-STAT signaling pathway pathway
Natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity pathway
Osteoclast differentiation pathway
Hepatitis C pathway
INOH
JAK STAT pathway and regulation pathway
IFN alpha signaling pathway
PID NCI
Downstream signaling in naïve CD8+ T cells
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Hs.529400 Hs.599565 Hs.627081
RefSeq NM_000629 XM_005260964
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS CCDS13624
HPRD 00126
IMGT
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas