Aliases SELENOT, SELT Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000198843 | Species Human Entrez 51714 | |
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External IDs MGI: 1916477 HomoloGene: 32304 GeneCards: SELENOT | ||
Selenoprotein T, also known as SELT, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SELT gene.
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Gene
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.
Protein structure
Selenoprotein T contains a selenocysteine (Sec) residue at its active site.
References
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