SELENOT

This gene encodes a selenoprotein, containing a selenocysteine (Sec) residue at the active site. Sec is encoded by the UGA codon that normally signals translation termination. The 3' UTRs of selenoprotein mRNAs contain a conserved stem-loop structure, the Sec insertion sequence (SECIS) element, that is necessary for the recognition of UGA as a Sec codon rather than as a stop signal. This protein is localized in the endoplasmic reticulum. It belongs to the SelWTH family that possesses a thioredoxin-like fold and a conserved CxxU (C is cysteine, U is Sec) motif found in several redox active proteins. Studies in mice indicate a crucial role for this gene in the protection of dopaminergic neurons against oxidative stress in Parkinson's disease, and in the control of glucose homeostasis in pancreatic beta-cells. Pseudogenes of this locus have been identified on chromosomes 9 and 5. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2017]

Description

Selenoprotein T

Tissue specificity

Low tissue specificity

Predicted location

Membrane

Protein family

Disease related genes
Enzymes
Mapped to neXtProt
Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT
Potential drug targets
Predicted membrane proteins
Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)
Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014)

Chromosome

3 (150602875 - 150630445)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000198843  (ver. 103.38)

Orthologs

Mouse Selenot: ENSMUSG00000075700

UniProt

P62341

neXtProt

NX_P62341

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants

Protein structure