SEPX1

Methionine sulfoxide reductase B1
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsMSRB1 ; SELR; SELX; SEPX1; SepR
External IDsOMIM: 606216 MGI: 1351642 HomoloGene: 8455 GeneCards: MSRB1 Gene
EC number1.8.4.-
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez5173427361
EnsemblENSG00000198736ENSMUSG00000075705
UniProtQ9NZV6Q9JLC3
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_016332NM_013759
RefSeq (protein)NP_057416NP_038787
Location (UCSC)Chr 16:
1.99 – 1.99 Mb
Chr 17:
24.74 – 24.74 Mb
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Methionine-R-sulfoxide reductase B1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SEPX1 gene.[1][2]

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. This protein belongs to the methionine sulfoxide reductase B (MsrB) family, and it is expressed in a variety of adult and fetal tissues.[2]

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References

  1. Lescure A, Gautheret D, Carbon P, Krol A (Feb 2000). "Novel selenoproteins identified in silico and in vivo by using a conserved RNA structural motif". J Biol Chem 274 (53): 38147–54. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.53.38147. PMID 10608886.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: SEPX1 selenoprotein X, 1".

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