CYCS pseudogene 22 (CYCSP22)

CYCS pseudogene 22 (CYCSP22, HCP22) is a processed pseudogene in the human genome related to the cytochrome c, somatic (CYCS/HCS) gene. Pseudogenes like CYCSP22 are DNA sequences resembling functional genes but have lost their ability to encode a protein due to mutations, frameshifts, or truncations[2][3]. CYCSP22 is one of at least 49 cytochrome c pseudogenes (HCPs) in humans, most of which are neither transcribed nor translated, and are considered evolutionary remnants of gene duplication or retrotransposition events[2]. There is no scientific evidence establishing any functional RNA or protein product from CYCSP22, and it is not a pharmacological or biological target in therapeutics or diagnostic applications[1][3]. Occasionally, some pseudogenes have been implicated in gene regulation in other systems, but this is not established for CYCSP22[4].

Other names

HCP22

None established. No drugs or chemical modulators are known to act via this pseudogene.