Ribosomal protein L7A pseudogene (RPL7A pseudogene)

Ribosomal protein pseudogenes, such as ENSG00000220370, are DNA sequences in the human genome originally derived from ribosomal protein genes (in this case, RPL7A). Over evolutionary time, these sequences have accumulated disabling mutations, truncations, or rearrangements, and thus do not code for functional ribosomal proteins. While most pseudogenes are nonfunctional remnants, some are transcribed and may produce RNA or short peptides, but such products typically lack canonical ribosomal or regulatory function. Only a small fraction of ribosomal protein pseudogenes are transcriptionally or translationally active, and their roles, if any, are not well characterized. This particular pseudogene is not considered a drug target nor is it associated with any established physiological or pathological function.

Other names

RPL7A pseudogeneribosomal protein pseudogeneprocessed ribosomal protein pseudogene