SELENOM

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the selenoprotein M/SEP15 family. The exact function of this protein is not known. It is localized in the perinuclear region, is highly expressed in the brain, and may be involved in neurodegenerative disorders. Transgenic mice with targeted deletion of this gene exhibit increased weight gain, suggesting a role for this gene in the regulation of body weight and energy metabolism. This protein is a selenoprotein, containing the rare amino acid selenocysteine (Sec). Sec is encoded by the UGA codon, which normally signals translation termination. The 3' UTRs of selenoprotein mRNAs contain a conserved stem-loop structure, designated the Sec insertion sequence (SECIS) element, that is necessary for the recognition of UGA as a Sec codon, rather than as a stop signal. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2016]

Description

Selenoprotein M

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm, Cytosol

Predicted location

Intracellular

Protein family

Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Predicted intracellular proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

22 (31104772 - 31120069)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000198832  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Selenom: ENSMUSG00000075702

UniProt

Q8WWX9

neXtProt

NX_Q8WWX9

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure