SEPN1

SEPN1
Selenoprotein N, 1
Identifiers
Symbols SEPN1; FLJ24021; MDRS1; RSMD1; RSS; SELN
External IDs OMIM606210 HomoloGene10723 GeneCards: SEPN1 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 57190 74777
Ensembl ENSG00000162430 ENSMUSG00000050989
UniProt Q9NZV5 Q80UX9
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_020451.2 NM_029100.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_065184.2 NP_083376.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 1:
26.12 – 26.15 Mb
Chr 4:
134.09 – 134.11 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Selenoprotein N is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SEPN1 gene.[1][2]

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Function

This gene encodes a selenoprotein, which contains a selenocysteine (Sec) residue at its active site. The selenocysteine is encoded by the UGA codon that normally signals translation termination. The 3' UTR of selenoprotein genes have a common stem-loop structure, the sec insertion sequence (SECIS), that is necessary for the recognition of UGA as a Sec codon rather than as a stop signal. Mutations in this gene cause the classical phenotype of multiminicore disease and congenital muscular dystrophy with spinal rigidity and restrictive respiratory syndrome. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene.[2]

References

  1. ^ Lescure A, Gautheret D, Carbon P, Krol A (Feb 2000). "Novel selenoproteins identified in silico and in vivo by using a conserved RNA structural motif". J Biol Chem 274 (53): 38147–54. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.53.38147. PMID 10608886. 
  2. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: SEPN1 selenoprotein N, 1". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=57190. 

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