Transmembrane protein pseudogene

ENSG00000248696, referred to as “Transmembrane protein pseudogene,” is a pseudogene, meaning it is a genomic DNA sequence similar to a protein-coding gene but has been rendered nonfunctional due to disabling mutations or lack of regulatory sequences. Pseudogenes do not encode functional proteins and, by definition, are not considered therapeutic drug targets or typical biological receptors, enzymes, or transporters. Most pseudogenes, including this one, serve as “gene fossils”; although some rare pseudogenes have regulatory RNA activity, no such function has been reported for this entry.\nNo aliases, canonical abbreviations, or interacting drugs are known. No established molecular function or disease linkage exists for ENSG00000248696.