High mobility group nucleosome binding domain 1 pseudogene 15 (HMGN1P15)

High mobility group nucleosome binding domain 1 pseudogene 15 (HMGN1P15) is a processed pseudogene in the human genome. Pseudogenes like HMGN1P15 are DNA segments that closely resemble functional genes but no longer code for functional proteins. They often arise from duplication or retrotransposition events and accumulate mutations that render them non-functional. HMGN1P15 is related to the gene encoding high-mobility group nucleosome binding domain 1 (HMGN1), a chromatin-associated protein, but HMGN1P15 itself does not have any known coding capacity or biological activity[1][2][3][7][8]. No known drugs, disease associations, or biological functions are attributed to HMGN1P15, as it is not expressed as a protein and is not a known therapeutic target.

Other names

High-mobility group nucleosome binding domain 1 pseudogene 15HMGN1P15