Name

SEPHS2P1 Gene

selenophosphate synthetase 2 pseudogene 1

SEPHS1P6 Gene

selenophosphate synthetase 1 pseudogene 6

SEPHS1P2 Gene

selenophosphate synthetase 1 pseudogene 2

SEPHS1P3 Gene

selenophosphate synthetase 1 pseudogene 3

SEPHS1P4 Gene

selenophosphate synthetase 1 pseudogene 4

SEPHS1P7 Gene

selenophosphate synthetase 1 pseudogene 7

SEPHS1P1 Gene

selenophosphate synthetase 1 pseudogene 1

SEPHS2 Gene

selenophosphate synthetase 2

This gene encodes an enzyme that catalyzes the production of monoselenophosphate (MSP) from selenide and ATP. MSP is the selenium donor required for synthesis of selenocysteine (Sec), which is co-translationally incorporated into selenoproteins at in-frame UGA codons that normally signal translation termination. The 3' UTRs of selenoprotein mRNAs contain a conserved stem-loop structure, the Sec insertion sequence (SECIS) element, which is necessary for the recognition of UGA as a Sec codon rather than as a stop signal. This protein is itself a selenoprotein containing a Sec residue at its active site, suggesting the existence of an autoregulatory mechanism. It is preferentially expressed in tissues implicated in the synthesis of selenoproteins and in sites of blood cell development. A pseudogene for this locus has been identified on chromosome 5. [provided by RefSeq, May 2017]

SEPHS1 Gene

selenophosphate synthetase 1

This 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. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2010]