Entrez gene ID | | 2878 |
Official gene symbol | | GPX3 |
Full name | | glutathione peroxidase 3 (plasma) |
Aliases | | ,GPx-P,GSHPx-3,GSHPx-P, |
Gene summary | | This gene product belongs 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. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 5 Locus: 5q23 |
Gene position | | 150399999 - 150408554 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 8556 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 138321 |
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