Selenow selenoprotein W [Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)] - Gene

Summary

Symbol: Selenowprovided by RGD
Full Name: selenoprotein Wprovided by RGD
Primary source: RGD:3661
See related: Ensembl:ENSRNOG00000067799 AllianceGenome:RGD:3661
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Rattus norvegicus
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus
Also known as: SelW; Sepw1
Summary: This gene encodes a selenoprotein containing a selenocysteine (Sec) residue, which is encoded by the UGA codon that normally signals translation termination. The 3' UTRs of selenoprotein mRNAs contain a conserved stem-loop structure, the Sec insertion sequence (SECIS) element that is necessary for the recognition of UGA as a Sec codon rather than as a stop signal. This protein is highly expressed in skeletal muscle and brain. It belongs to the SelWTH family, which possesses a thioredoxin-like fold and a conserved CxxU (C is cysteine, U is Sec) motif, suggesting a redox function for this gene. Studies in mouse show that this selenoprotein is involved in muscle growth and differentiation, and in the protection of neurons from oxidative stress during neuronal development. A pseudogene of this locus has been identified on chromosome 10. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2017]
Annotation information: Note: GeneIDs 103689961 and 25545 are annotated independently on Rnor_6.0 but may be redundant loci. [04 May 2017]
Expression: Biased expression in Muscle (RPKM 2664.9), Brain (RPKM 1256.7) and 6 other tissues See more
Orthologs: human mouse all
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Genomic context

Location:: 1q21

Exon count:: 6

Annotation release	Status	Assembly	Chr	Location
RS_2024_02	current	GRCr8 (GCF_036323735.1)	1	NC_086019.1 (85727631..85732703, complement)
RS_2023_06	previous assembly	mRatBN7.2 (GCF_015227675.2)	1	NC_051336.1 (76599441..76604514, complement)
106	previous assembly	Rnor_6.0 (GCF_000001895.5)	1	NC_005100.4 (77530692..77535765, complement)

Chromosome 1 - NC_086019.1 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:

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Expression

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Project title: A rat RNA-Seq transcriptomic BodyMap across 11 organs and 4 developmental stages
Description: 320 RNA samples isolated from 11 organs (adrenal gland, brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, muscle, spleen, thymus, and testes or uterus) from both sexes of Fischer 344 rats across four developmental stages (2-, 6-, 21-, and 104-weeks-old)
BioProject: PRJNA238328
Publication: PMID 24510058
Analysis date: Mon Jun 6 17:44:12 2016

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

SelW gene was activated by the binding of MyoD to a specific E-box during early skeletal muscle differentiation.
Title: Transcriptional regulation of selenoprotein W by MyoD during early skeletal muscle differentiation.
the SeW gene may be a target for Sp1 whose binding to various regulatory sequences of the SeW promoter may activate or repress the transcription of SeW
Title: Identification of putative transcription factor binding sites in rodent selenoprotein W promoter.
Se-W plays an important role as an antioxidant in the developing brain and embryo
Title: Different distributions of selenoprotein W and thioredoxin during postnatal brain development and embryogenesis.

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General gene information

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Gene Ontology Provided by RGD

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables antioxidant activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in cellular oxidant detoxification	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in response to selenium ion	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in response to selenium ion	IEP Inferred from Expression Pattern more info	PubMed

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
located_in cytoplasm	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: selenoprotein W

Names: selenoprotein W, 1; selenoprotein W, muscle 1

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

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These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.