Ribosomal protein L7a pseudogene 57 (RPL7AP57)

Ribosomal protein L7a pseudogene 57 (RPL7AP57) is a processed pseudogene in the human genome that resembles the protein-coding gene for ribosomal protein L7a (RPL7A), a component of the 60S ribosomal subunit involved in protein synthesis. Unlike its parent gene, RPL7AP57 does not encode a functional protein and is not known to produce an active RNA transcript or to play a biological or pathological role. Pseudogenes like RPL7AP57 arise from gene duplication or retrotransposition events and accumulate mutations that prevent them from producing functional products. RPL7AP57 is not considered a therapeutic target, receptor, enzyme, or druggable protein, and it does not have any known molecular or clinical significance as a target in disease or therapy. The true functional gene is RPL7A, which encodes a structural ribosomal protein; RPL7AP57 is a pseudogene copy of RPL7A. No evidence suggests any biological function, disease association, or pharmacological targeting of RPL7AP57. This entry is not a molecular target or canonical drug target; thus, “is_target” is set to false and “is_incorrect” is set to true due to its non-functional, pseudogene status.

Other names

RPL7AP57RPL7A_23_1164

None