Ferritin pseudogene

ENSG00000219453 (ferritin pseudogene; alias AL133270.1) is a human pseudogene and not a protein-coding gene. It is related by sequence to the ferritin gene family, which encodes vital iron storage proteins, but this locus itself does not appear to produce a functional protein or serve a known biological role. Pseudogenes are typically non-functional DNA segments that resemble proteins or functional genes but lack coding or regulatory potential due to mutations or truncation. Thus, this entry is generally not considered a therapeutic target and does not have canonical functions, disease roles, or drug interactions. There is nothing to suggest a direct involvement in therapeutic research or molecular pharmacology[1][2]. While *ferritin* (for example, the protein encoded by FTH1) is a well-studied iron-binding protein involved in iron metabolism, the specific ENSG00000219453 pseudogene locus does not encode such a protein and should not be conflated with the functional ferritin genes[4][5].

Other names

AL133270.1