GPX3

Glutathione peroxidase 3 (plasma)

PDB rendering based on 2r37.
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsGPX3 ; GPx-P; GSHPx-3; GSHPx-P
External IDsOMIM: 138321 MGI: 105102 HomoloGene: 20480 GeneCards: GPX3 Gene
EC number1.11.1.9
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez287814778
EnsemblENSG00000211445ENSMUSG00000018339
UniProtP22352P46412
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_002084NM_001083929
RefSeq (protein)NP_002075NP_032187
Location (UCSC)Chr 5:
150.4 – 150.41 Mb
Chr 11:
54.72 – 54.72 Mb
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Glutathione peroxidase 3 (GPx-3), also known as plasma glutathione peroxidase (GPx-P) or extracellular glutathione peroxidase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GPX3 gene.[1][2][3]

GPx-3belongs to the glutathione peroxidase family, which functions in the detoxification of hydrogen peroxide. It contains a selenocysteine (Sec) residue at its active site. The selenocysteine is encoded by the UGA codon, which normally signals translation termination. The 3' UTR of Sec-containing genes have a common stem-loop structure, the sec insertion sequence (SECIS), which is necessary for the recognition of UGA as a Sec codon rather than as a stop signal.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: glutathione peroxidase 3 (plasma)".
  2. Takahashi K, Avissar N, Whitin J, Cohen H (August 1987). "Purification and characterization of human plasma glutathione peroxidase: a selenoglycoprotein distinct from the known cellular enzyme". Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 256 (2): 677–86. doi:10.1016/0003-9861(87)90624-2. PMID 3619451.
  3. Chu FF (1994). "The human glutathione peroxidase genes GPX2, GPX3, and GPX4 map to chromosomes 14, 5, and 19, respectively". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 66 (2): 96–8. doi:10.1159/000133675. PMID 8287691.

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