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Gene information for SEPHS2 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID22928
Official gene symbolSEPHS2
Full nameselenophosphate synthetase 2
Aliases,SPS2,
Gene summaryThis gene encodes an enzyme that synthesizes selenophosphate from selenide and ATP. Selenophosphate is the selenium donor used to synthesize selenocysteine, which is co-translationally incorporated into selenoproteins at in-frame UGA codons. This protein itself contains a selenocysteine residue in its predicted active site. The 3' UTR of the gene has a stem-loop secondary structure called a selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) element, which allows UGA to direct the incorporation of selenocysteine rather than signal a translational stop. Alternatively spliced transcripts have been identified, but their biological validity has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 16   Locus: 16p11.2
Gene position30457224 - 30454952  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size2273 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID606218