SELENON
Identifiers
AliasesSELENON, CFTD, MDRS1, RSMD1, RSS, SELN, SEPN1, selenoprotein N, 1, selenoprotein N
External IDsOMIM: 606210 MGI: 2151208 HomoloGene: 10723 GeneCards: SELENON
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

57190

74777

Ensembl

ENSG00000162430

ENSMUSG00000050989

UniProt

Q9NZV5

D3Z2R5

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_206926
NM_020451

NM_029100

RefSeq (protein)

NP_065184
NP_996809

NP_083376

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 25.8 – 25.82 MbChr 4: 134.27 – 134.28 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Selenoprotein N is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SEPN1 gene.[5][6]

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.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000162430 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000050989 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Lescure A, Gautheret D, Carbon P, Krol A (Dec 1999). "Novel selenoproteins identified in silico and in vivo by using a conserved RNA structural motif". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274 (53): 38147–54. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.53.38147. PMID 10608886.
  6. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: SEPN1 selenoprotein N, 1".

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