SELENOK

The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the selenoprotein K family. It is a transmembrane protein that is localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and is involved in ER-associated degradation (ERAD) of misfolded, glycosylated proteins. It also has a role in the protection of cells from ER stress-induced apoptosis. Knockout studies in mice show the importance of this gene in promoting Ca(2+) flux in immune cells and mounting effective immune response. 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. Pseudogenes of this locus have been identified on chromosomes 6 and 19. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2017]

Description

Selenoprotein K

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Subcell location

Nucleoplasm, Cytosol

Predicted location

Membrane

Protein family

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

Chromosome

3 (53884417 - 53891962)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000113811  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Selenok: ENSMUSG00000042682

UniProt

Q9Y6D0

neXtProt

NX_Q9Y6D0

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure