Description
Product Characteristics: GPX3, glutathione peroxidase 3 (plasma), GPx-P, GSHPx-3, GSHPx-P, extracellular glutathione peroxidase, plasma glutathione peroxidase 3
Target Information: This gene product belongs to the glutathione peroxidase family, which functions in the detoxification of hydrogen peroxide. It contains a selenocysteine (Sec) residue at its active site. The selenocysteine is encoded by the UGA codon, which normally signals translation termination. The 3' UTR of Sec-containing genes have a common stem-loop structure, the sec insertion sequence (SECIS), which is necessary for the recognition of UGA as a Sec codon rather than as a stop signal. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]