Growth arrest specific 2 like 1 pseudogene 1 (GAS2L1P1)

Growth arrest specific 2 like 1 pseudogene 1 (GAS2L1P1) is a human pseudogene related to the GAS2L1 gene but does not encode a functional protein. Pseudogenes such as GAS2L1P1 arise from duplication or retrotransposition events but typically lack protein-coding capability due to disruptive mutations or loss of regulatory elements. There is no evidence in public biomedical literature or curated gene/protein/drug databases that GAS2L1P1 takes part in physiological processes, disease mechanisms, or serves as a therapeutic target. The functional gene, GAS2L1, belongs to the GAS2 family, which is involved in cytoskeleton regulation, but this relationship does not extend to the pseudogene[3]. Therefore, GAS2L1P1 should not be considered a therapeutic target, and its listing as a target may be the result of misannotation.

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GAS2L1P1