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Gene information for VIMP (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID55829
Official gene symbolVIMP
Full nameselenoprotein S
Aliases,ADO15,SBBI8,SELS,SEPS1,
Gene summaryThis 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. Studies suggest that this protein may regulate cytokine production, and thus play a key role in the control of the inflammatory response. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 15   Locus: 15q26.3
Gene position101817700 - 101811214  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size6487 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID607918