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IFI16
Available structures
PDBHuman UniProt search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesIFI16, IFNGIP1, PYHIN2, interferon gamma inducible protein 16
External IDsOMIM: 147586; MGI: 3695276; HomoloGene: 115929; GeneCards: IFI16; OMA:IFI16 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001033384
NM_001177349
NM_001177350
NM_001368798
NM_001368799

RefSeq (protein)

n/a

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 159 – 159.06 MbChr 1: 173.39 – 173.43 Mb
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Gamma-interferon-inducible protein Ifi-16 (Ifi-16) also known as interferon-inducible myeloid differentiation transcriptional activator is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IFI16 gene.[5][6][7]

Function

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This gene encodes a member of the HIN-200 (hematopoietic interferon-inducible nuclear antigens with 200 amino acid repeats) family of cytokines. The encoded protein contains domains involved in DNA binding, transcriptional regulation, and protein-protein interactions. The protein localizes to the nucleoplasm and nucleoli, and interacts with p53.[8] It modulates p53 function, and inhibits cell growth in the Ras/Raf signaling pathway.[7] IFI16 has been shown to play a role in the sensing of intracellular DNA[9] - a hallmark of virally infected cells - and has also been linked to the death of HIV-infected helper CD4 T cells by pyroptosis, a highly inflammatory form of programmed cell death.[10][11] Recently, it has been shown how IFI16, once extracellularly released, can induce inflammation upon TLR4 binding, acting as a DAMP.[12]

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