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Homo sapiens Protein: SEPSECS
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-476423.4
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol SEPSECS
Protein Name Sep (O-phosphoserine) tRNA:Sec (selenocysteine) tRNA synthase
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Protein ENSP00000421880
InnateDB Gene IDBG-12103 (SEPSECS)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Converts O-phosphoseryl-tRNA(Sec) to selenocysteinyl- tRNA(Sec) required for selenoprotein biosynthesis. {ECO:0000269PubMed:17142313}.
Subcellular Localization Cytoplasm.
Disease Associations Pontocerebellar hypoplasia 2D (PCH2D) [MIM:613811]: A disorder characterized by postnatal onset of progressive atrophy of the cerebrum and cerebellum, microcephaly, profound mental retardation, spasticity, and variable seizures. {ECO:0000269PubMed:20920667}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Tissue Specificity Primarily expressed in liver, pancreas, kidney and lung. Overexpressed in PHA-stimulated T-cells.
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 2 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 1 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Experimentally validated
Total 2 [view]
Protein-Protein 1 [view]
Protein-DNA 1 [view]
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Predicted by orthology
Total 1 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0000049 tRNA binding
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0016785 transferase activity, transferring selenium-containing groups
GO:0030170 pyridoxal phosphate binding
Biological Process
GO:0001514 selenocysteine incorporation
GO:0097056 selenocysteinyl-tRNA(Sec) biosynthetic process
Cellular Component
GO:0005634 nucleus
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro
PFAM
PRINTS
PIRSF
SMART
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt Q9HD40
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-Q9HD40
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 51091
UniGene Hs.253305
RefSeq
HUGO HGNC:30605
OMIM 613009
CCDS
HPRD 11561
IMGT
EMBL AC007073 AC104662 AF146396 AF282065 AJ238617 AJ277541 AK292476 BC023539 BC117202 BX648976 CH471069
GenPept AAD33963 AAG00491 AAH23539 AAI17203 BAF85165 CAB62209 CAB89517 EAW92832

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Breuer et al., InnateDB: systems biology of innate immunity and beyond - recent updates and continuing curation. Nucl. Acids Res. (2013) 41 (D1) 

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