Solute carrier family 25 member 6 pseudogene 5 (SLC25A6P5)

Solute carrier family 25 member 6 pseudogene 5 (SLC25A6P5) is a human pseudogene related to the solute carrier family 25, specifically the mitochondrial adenine nucleotide translocator gene family. As a pseudogene, SLC25A6P5 is considered a non-functional segment of DNA that resembles the functional SLC25A6 gene but does not produce an active protein product. Pseudogenes arise through duplication or retrotransposition events and typically lack regulatory elements or have disabling mutations, rendering them inactive. While pseudogenes can sometimes play a role in gene regulation through RNA transcripts, SLC25A6P5 is not recognized as a therapeutic target, receptor, enzyme, transporter, or any functional molecular entity for drug development.

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