UniProt functional annotation for P01563

UniProt code: P01563.

Organism: Homo sapiens (Human).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
 
Function: Produced by macrophages, IFN-alpha have antiviral activities.
 
Subunit: Interacts with IFNAR2. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17001036, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20496919}.
Subcellular location: Secreted.
Polymorphism: Three forms exist; alpha-2a (shown here), alpha-2b and alpha-2c (PubMed:7627809). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7627809}.
Pharmaceutical: Available under the names Roferon-A (Roche) or Intron-A (Schering-Plough). Used as an anticancer drug for its antiproliferative activity.
Similarity: Belongs to the alpha/beta interferon family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.