This gene encodes a member of the selenoprotein family, characterized by a selenocysteine (Sec) residue at the active site. 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. Studies suggest that this protein may regulate cytokine production, and thus play a key role in the control of the inflammatory response. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.
Aliases： SELS; ADO15; SBBI8; SEPS1; AD-015
Entrez GeneID： 55829
Swissprot: Q9BQE4
WB Predicted band size： 21.2kDa
Host/Isotype： Mouse IgG2b
Species Reactivity： Human
Immunogen： Purified recombinant fragment of human VIMP (AA: 1-187) expressed in E. Coli.
