Selenoprotein gene nomenclature

Brigelius Flohé Regina, Vadim N. Gladyshev, Elias S. Arnér, Marla J. Berry, Elspeth A. Bruford, Raymond F. Burk, Bradley A. Carlson, Sergi Castellano, Laurent Chavatte, Marcus Conrad, Paul R. Copeland, Alan M. Diamond, Donna M. Driscoll, Ana Ferreiro, Leopold Flohé, Fiona R. Green, Roderic Guigó, Diane E. Handy, Dolph L. Hatfield, John HeskethPeter R. Hoffmann, Arne Holmgren, Robert J. Hondal, Michael T. Howard, Kaixun Huang, Hwa Young Kim, Ick Young Kim, Josef Köhrle, Alain Krol, Gregory V. Kryukov, Byeong Jae Lee, Byung Cheon Lee, Xin Gen Lei, Qiong Liu, Alain Lescure, Alexei V. Lobanov, Joseph Loscalzo, Matilde Maiorino, Marco Mariotti, K. Sandeep Prabhu, Margaret P. Rayman, Sharon Rozovsky, Gustavo Salinas, Edward E. Schmidt, Lutz Schomburg, Ulrich Schweizer, Miljan Simonović, Roger A. Sunde, Petra A. Tsuji, Susan Tweedie, F. Fulvio Ursini, Philip D. Whanger, Yan Zhang

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Abstract

The human genome contains 25 genes coding for selenocysteine- containing proteins (selenoproteins). These proteins are involved in a variety of functions, most notably redox homeostasis. Selenoprotein enzymes with known functions are designated according to these functions: TXNRD1, TXNRD2, and TXNRD3 (thioredoxin reductases), GPX1, GPX2, GPX3, GPX4, and GPX6 (glutathione peroxidases), DIO1, DIO2, and DIO3 (iodothyronine deiodinases), MSRB1 (methionine sulfoxide reductase B1), and SEPHS2 (selenophosphate synthetase 2). Selenoproteins without known functions have traditionally been denoted by SEL or SEP symbols. However, these symbols are sometimes ambiguous and conflict with the approved nomenclature for several other genes. Therefore, there is a need to implement a rational and coherent nomenclature system for selenoprotein- encoding genes. Our solution is to use the root symbol SELENO followed by a letter. This nomenclature applies to SELENOF (selenoprotein F, the 15-kDa selenoprotein, SEP15), SELENOH (selenoprotein H, SELH, C11orf31), SELENOI (selenoprotein I, SELI, EPT1), SELENOK (selenoprotein K, SELK), SELENOM (selenoprotein M, SELM), SELENON (selenoprotein N, SEPN1, SELN), SELENOO (selenoprotein O, SELO), SELENOP (selenoprotein P, SeP, SEPP1, SELP), SELENOS (selenoprotein S, SELS, SEPS1, VIMP),SELENOT(selenoprotein T, SELT),SELENOV(selenoprotein V, SELV), andSELENOW(selenoprotein W, SELW, SEPW1). This system, approved by the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee, also resolves conflicting, missing, and ambiguous designations for selenoprotein genes and is applicable to selenoproteins across vertebrates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)24036-24040
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume291
Issue number46
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016 Nov 11
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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