RAN binding protein pseudogene

RAN binding protein pseudogene (ENSG00000256975) is a genomic DNA sequence homologous to the RAN binding protein 1 gene, but due to disabling mutations, insertions, deletions, or lack of regulatory elements, it does not code for a functional protein. Pseudogenes may occasionally have regulatory RNA functions, such as impacting their parent gene expression through decoy, antisense, or microRNA-related mechanisms, but most pseudogenes are transcriptionally inactive and functionally silent in the genome. This entry should not be confused with RANBP1 (RAN binding protein 1), which is a functional protein involved in nucleocytoplasmic transport and has experimentally validated roles in cell biology. The pseudogene itself is not an established actionable target, biomarker, enzyme, transporter, or receptor.

Other names

No widely recognized aliases for this specific pseudogene; it is derived from the RAN binding protein 1 gene (RANBP1, also known as HTF9A, RANG). Ensembl and GENCODE may refer to it by its locus or Ensembl identifier.