SELENOW selenoprotein W [Macaca mulatta (Rhesus monkey)] - Gene

Summary

Gene symbol: SELENOW
Gene description: selenoprotein W
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Macaca mulatta
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Cercopithecidae; Cercopithecinae; Macaca
Also known as: SEPW1
Summary: This gene encodes a selenoprotein containing a selenocysteine (Sec) residue, which is encoded by the UGA codon that normally signals translation termination. The 3' UTRs of selenoprotein mRNAs contain a conserved stem-loop structure, the Sec insertion sequence (SECIS) element that is necessary for the recognition of UGA as a Sec codon rather than as a stop signal. This protein is highly expressed in skeletal muscle, heart and brain. It belongs to the SelWTH family, which possesses a thioredoxin-like fold and a conserved CxxU (C is cysteine, U is Sec) motif, suggesting a redox function for this gene. Studies in mouse show that this selenoprotein is involved in muscle growth and differentiation, and in the protection of neurons from oxidative stress during neuronal development. A pseudogene of this locus has been identified on chromosome 1. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2017]
Orthologs: human mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: chromosome: 19

Exon count:: 6

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
103	current	Mmul_10 (GCF_003339765.1)	19	NC_041772.1 (47798144..47805122)
102	previous assembly	Mmul_8.0.1 (GCF_000772875.2)	19	NC_027911.1 (43171693..43178454)

Chromosome 19 - NC_041772.1 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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General gene information

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Gene Ontology Provided by RefSeq

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in response to selenium ion	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in cytosol	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info	PubMed

General protein information

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Preferred Names: selenoprotein W

Names: selW; selenoprotein W, 1

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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