SEPSECS
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: SEPSECS
- Official Name: Sep (O-phosphoserine) tRNA:Sec (selenocysteine) tRNA synthase
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 51091
- UniProt: Q9HD40
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- Entrez Summary: The amino acid selenocysteine is the only amino acid that does not have its own tRNA synthetase. Instead, this amino acid is synthesized on its cognate tRNA in a three step process. The protein encoded by this gene catalyzes the third step in the process, the conversion of O-phosphoseryl-tRNA(Sec) to selenocysteinyl-tRNA(Sec).[provided by RefSeq, Mar 2011].
- UniProt Summary: Converts O-phosphoseryl-tRNA(Sec) to selenocysteinyl- tRNA(Sec) required for selenoprotein biosynthesis. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17142313}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 244
- Expression level (log2 read counts): 5.39