Eukaryotic Translation Elongation Factor 1 Alpha 1 Pseudogene 40 (EEF1A1P40)

EEF1A1P40 is a processed pseudogene of the parent gene eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 alpha 1 (EEF1A1), located in the human genome but not encoding a functional protein product[1][3]. Processed pseudogenes arise from the reverse transcription and integration of mRNA from a parent gene without introns. While most pseudogenes like EEF1A1P40 are considered non-coding and biologically inert, there is growing interest in their possible roles in modulating parent gene activity and disease, including cancer, through regulatory RNA mechanisms[3]. EEF1A1 itself encodes a key GTPase protein that mediates aminoacyl-tRNA delivery to ribosomes during protein biosynthesis and has various non-canonical cellular functions[2][3][4]. The pseudogenes of EEF1A1, including EEF1A1P40, are numerous and typically classified as retropseudogenes distributed throughout the human genome[3]. Specific functional or disease associations for EEF1A1P40 have not been documented in peer-reviewed literature as of the present date.

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EEF1A1P40

None; not a drug target.