Entrez gene ID | | 14775 |
Official gene symbol | | Gpx1 |
Full name | | glutathione peroxidase 1 |
Aliases | | AI195024,AL033363,CGPx,GPx-1,GSHPx-1,Gpx |
Gene summary | | This gene product belongs to the family of glutathione peroxidase, 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. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 9 Locus: 9 F1|9 57.0 cM |
Gene position | | 108241607 - 108242671 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 1065 bp |
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