Reactome: A Curated Pathway Database
THIS SITE IS USED FOR CURATION AND TESTING
IT IS NOT STABLE, IS LINKED TO AN INCOMPLETE DATA SET, AND IS NOT MONITORED FOR PERFORMANCE. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE USE OF OUR PUBLIC SITE

Query author contributions in Reactome

Reactome depends on collaboration between our curation team and outside experts to assemble and peer-review its pathway modules. The integration of ORCID within Reactome enables us to meet a key challenge with authoring, curating and reviewing biological information by incentivizing and crediting the external experts that contribute their expertise and time to the Reactome curation process. More information is available at ORCID and Reactome.

If you have an ORCID ID that is not listed on this page, please forward this information to us and we will update your Reactome pathway records.

Name Email address

Details on Person UniProt:P32881 IFNA8

Class:IdReferenceGeneProduct:57367
_chainChangeLogsignal peptide:1-23 added on Sat February 7 2015;chain:24-189 added on Sat February 7 2015
_displayNameUniProt:P32881 IFNA8
_timestamp2026-02-20 22:55:39
chainsignal peptide:1-23
chain:24-189
checksum83128DA2B6DBB2C1
commentFUNCTION Produced by macrophages, IFN-alpha have antiviral activities. Interferon stimulates the production of two enzymes: a protein kinase and an oligoadenylate synthetase.INTERACTION Belongs to the type-I (or alpha/beta) interferon family.
descriptionrecommendedName: Interferon alpha-8 shortName: IFN-alpha-8 alternativeName: Interferon alpha-B shortName: LeIF B alternativeName: Interferon alpha-B2
geneNameIFNA8
identifierP32881
isSequenceChangedFALSE
keyword3D-structure
Antiviral defense
Cytokine
Direct protein sequencing
Disulfide bond
Proteomics identification
Reference proteome
Secreted
Signal
modified[InstanceEdit:9836292] Weiser, Joel, 2023-05-25
[InstanceEdit:9852000] Weiser, Joel, 2023-11-03
[InstanceEdit:9926675] Weiser, Joel, 2024-11-03
[InstanceEdit:9983091] Weiser, Joel, 2026-02-20
nameIFNA8
referenceDatabase[ReferenceDatabase:2] UniProt
referenceGene[ReferenceDNASequence:9002998] ENSEMBL:ENSG00000120242 IFNA8 [Homo sapiens]
secondaryIdentifierIFNA8_HUMAN
P01565
P09236
Q5VWV7
Q5VYQ3
sequenceLength189
species[Species:48887] Homo sapiens
(referenceEntity)[EntityWithAccessionedSequence:877336] IFNA8 [extracellular region] [Homo sapiens]
[Change default viewing format]
No pathways have been reviewed or authored by UniProt:P32881 IFNA8 (57367)