GPX6

GPX6
Identifiers
Aliases	GPX6, GPX5p, GPXP3, GPx-6, GSHPx-6, dJ1186N24, dJ1186N24.1, glutathione peroxidase 6
External IDs	MGI: 1922762 HomoloGene: 130008 GeneCards: GPX6
Gene ontology Molecular function • oxidoreductase activity • glutathione peroxidase activity • peroxidase activity Cellular component • extracellular region Biological process • cellular oxidant detoxification • oxidation-reduction process • response to oxidative stress Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	257202	75512
Ensembl	n/a	ENSMUSG00000004341
UniProt	P59796	Q91WR8
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_182701	NM_145451
RefSeq (protein)	NP_874360.1	NP_663426.2
Location (UCSC)	Chr 6: 28.5 – 28.53 Mb	Chr 13: 21.31 – 21.32 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]
Wikidata

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Glutathione peroxidase 6 (GPx-6) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GPX6 gene.^[3][4]

This gene product belongs to the glutathione peroxidase family, which functions in the detoxification of hydrogen peroxide. It contains a selenocysteine (Sec) residue at its active site. The selenocysteine is encoded by the UGA codon, which normally signals translation termination. The 3' UTR of Sec-containing genes have a common stem-loop structure, the sec insertion sequence (SECIS), which is necessary for the recognition of UGA as a Sec codon rather than as a stop signal. Expression of this gene is restricted to embryos and adult olfactory epithelium.^[3]

References

1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
3. "Entrez Gene: glutathione peroxidase 6 (olfactory)".
4. Kryukov GV, Castellano S, Novoselov SV, Lobanov AV, Zehtab O, Guigó R, Gladyshev VN (May 2003). "Characterization of mammalian selenoproteomes". Science. 300 (5624): 1439–43. doi:10.1126/science.1083516. PMID 12775843.

Further reading

• Talmud PJ, Drenos F, Shah S, et al. (2009). "Gene-centric association signals for lipids and apolipoproteins identified via the HumanCVD BeadChip.". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 85 (5): 628–42. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.10.014. PMC 2775832. PMID 19913121.
• Richard MJ, Guiraud P, Didier C, et al. (2001). "Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat protein impairs selenoglutathione peroxidase expression and activity by a mechanism independent of cellular selenium uptake: consequences on cellular resistance to UV-A radiation.". Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 386 (2): 213–20. doi:10.1006/abbi.2000.2197. PMID 11368344.
• Opalenik SR, Ding Q, Mallery SR, Thompson JA (1998). "Glutathione depletion associated with the HIV-1 TAT protein mediates the extracellular appearance of acidic fibroblast growth factor.". Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 351 (1): 17–26. doi:10.1006/abbi.1997.0566. PMID 9501919.
• Choi J, Liu RM, Kundu RK, et al. (2000). "Molecular mechanism of decreased glutathione content in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat-transgenic mice.". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (5): 3693–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.5.3693. PMID 10652368.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2002). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Price TO, Ercal N, Nakaoke R, Banks WA (2005). "HIV-1 viral proteins gp120 and Tat induce oxidative stress in brain endothelial cells.". Brain Res. 1045 (1-2): 57–63. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2005.03.031. PMID 15910762.
• Bailey SD, Xie C, Do R, et al. (2010). "Variation at the NFATC2 locus increases the risk of thiazolidinedione-induced edema in the Diabetes REduction Assessment with ramipril and rosiglitazone Medication (DREAM) study.". Diabetes Care. 33 (10): 2250–3. doi:10.2337/dc10-0452. PMC 2945168. PMID 20628086.
• Moyer AM, Sun Z, Batzler AJ, et al. (2010). "Glutathione pathway genetic polymorphisms and lung cancer survival after platinum-based chemotherapy.". Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev. 19 (3): 811–21. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-0871. PMC 2837367. PMID 20200426.