Leucine-rich pentatricopeptide repeat containing pseudogene

Leucine-rich pentatricopeptide repeat containing pseudogene (ENSG00000258505, LOC100420765) is annotated as a pseudogene in the human genome. It is related by sequence homology to the protein-coding gene LRPPRC, which encodes a mitochondrial protein involved in RNA processing and mitochondrial gene expression[1][3][5]. Pseudogenes like this one arise through genome duplication or retrotransposition events and typically accumulate mutations that prevent them from producing functional proteins[2][4]. While some pseudogenes exhibit partial or regulatory RNA activity, there is no evidence that this specific pseudogene encodes any functional protein or plays a direct biological or disease-related role. As a result, it is not considered a therapeutic target and is not of direct relevance for drug discovery or clinical biomarker application[1][2][3].

Other names

LOC100420765ENSG00000258505LRPPRC pseudogene