Ankyrin repeat domain 36C pseudogene (ANKRD36C-pseudogene)

Ankyrin repeat domain 36C pseudogene (ENSG00000277878) is classified as a pseudogene, meaning it is a nonfunctional DNA segment that resembles a protein-coding gene—in this case, related to the ankyrin repeat domain family, whose true functional member is ANKRD36C[5]. Pseudogenes typically arise through genomic duplication or retrotransposition, but lose the ability to code for a functional protein due to accumulated disabling mutations such as frameshifts or premature stop codons[4][2]. There is no evidence that this pseudogene produces a functional RNA or protein, nor is it implicated as a therapeutic target or a biomarker. Pseudogenes like this may complicate genetic analysis but generally have no known biological function or disease relevance[4][2].