Ribosomal protein L23a pseudogene 52 (RPL23AP52)

RPL23AP52 is a processed pseudogene of the ribosomal protein L23a gene. It does not produce a functional protein and is not known to have an independent biological role in humans. Pseudogenes like RPL23AP52 arise by duplication or retrotransposition events and typically retain sequence similarity to their parent gene but accumulate mutations that disrupt their coding potential. Unlike RPL23A, a functional ribosomal protein involved in protein synthesis and potentially linked to cancer, pseudogene 52 is catalogued in the human genome as a non-coding sequence without demonstrated expression or regulatory activity. Its nomenclature and classification are standardized by the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC).

Other names

RPL23A_19_784RPL23AP52