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Facts about Selenoprotein W.
May play a role in the myopathies of selenium deficiency (By similarity). .
Human | |
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Gene Name: | SELENOW |
Uniprot: | P63302 |
Entrez: | 6415 |
Belongs to: |
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SelWTH family |
Selenoprotein W
Mass (kDA):
9.448 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 19q13.33 |
Sequence: | 19; NC_000019.10 (47778703..47784682) |
Ubiquitously expressed with highest levels in skeletal muscle and heart, moderate levels in brain, spinal cord, thyroid, spleen, prostate, ovary, small intestine and colon, and lowest levels in liver and lymph node.
Cytoplasm.
PMID: 9256076 by Gu Q.-P., et al. Conserved features of selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) elements in selenoprotein W cDNAs from five species.
PMID: 12818432 by Bellingham J., et al. Gene structure and tissue expression of human selenoprotein W, SEPW1, and identification of a retroprocessed pseudogene, SEPW1P.