GDP dissociation inhibitor 2 pseudogene 1 (GDI2P1)

GDP dissociation inhibitor 2 pseudogene 1 (GDI2P1) is a non-protein-coding sequence in the human genome, located on chromosome 10. It is classified as a pseudogene, meaning it resembles the functional gene GDP dissociation inhibitor 2—an essential regulator of Rab GTPase cycling—but does not encode an active protein product. GDI2P1 is not a recognized drug target, does not have known biological functions, disease roles, or relevance for therapeutic intervention. For legitimate research, the focus should be on the protein-coding "GDP dissociation inhibitor 2 (GDI2)", which participates in vesicular trafficking and is implicated in some cancer cell death mechanisms. Confusion between pseudogenes and functional proteins is a common error in target identification and should be carefully avoided[4][8][9].

Other names

rab GDP-dissociation inhibitor, beta pseudogeneGDI2PS