GPX1

Aliases
  • Cellular glutathione peroxidase
  • EC 1.11.1.9
  • GPX1
  • GPXD
  • GPx-1
  • GSHPX1
  • GSHPx-1
  • cellular glutathione peroxidase
  • glutathione peroxidase 1
Description
The GPX1 gene product, glutathione peroxidase 1, is a member of the glutathione peroxidase family. Family members are involved in the detoxification of hydrogen peroxide. Glutathione peroxidase is one of the most important antioxidant enzymes in humans. The GPX1 protein is one of only a few proteins known in higher vertebrates to contain selenocysteine, which occurs at the active site of glutathione peroxidase and is coded by UGA, that normally functions as a translation termination codon. In addition, this protein is characterized in a polyalanine sequence polymorphism in the N-terminal region, which includes three alleles with five, six or seven alanine (ALA) repeats in this sequence. The allele with five ALA repeats is significantly associated with breast cancer risk. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene.
Attributes
QA State
Under Review
Type
Gene
HGNC Name
GPX1
Certifications
  • None
QA State for Lung
Under Review

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