Novel pseudogene similar to part of integrator complex subunit 4 (ENSG00000235421)

ENSG00000235421 is a pseudogene annotated as similar to part of integrator complex subunit 4 (INTS4). As a pseudogene, it is a non-coding genomic sequence that resembles the INTS4 gene but contains disabling mutations or lacks regulatory elements necessary for protein expression, and thus does not produce a functional protein[5][6]. Pseudogenes, in general, can occasionally play regulatory roles at the RNA level, such as contributing to gene expression regulation as competing endogenous RNAs or small RNA precursors, but most remain nonfunctional, and there is no published evidence of a specific biological or clinical role for ENSG00000235421[2][4][5].