Telomerase protein component 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TEP1 gene.[5][6]

TEP1
Identifiers
AliasesTEP1, TLP1, TP1, TROVE1, VAULT2, p240, telomerase associated protein 1
External IDsOMIM: 601686; MGI: 109573; HomoloGene: 5157; GeneCards: TEP1; OMA:TEP1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_007110
NM_001319035

NM_009351

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001305964
NP_009041

NP_033377

Location (UCSC)Chr 14: 20.37 – 20.41 MbChr 14: 51.06 – 51.11 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Function

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This gene product is a component of the ribonucleoprotein complex responsible for telomerase activity which catalyzes the addition of new telomeres on the chromosome ends. The telomerase-associated proteins are conserved from ciliates to humans.[6] It is also a minor vault protein.

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000129566Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000006281Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Saito T, Matsuda Y, Suzuki T, Hayashi A, Yuan X, Saito M, Nakayama J, Hori T, Ishikawa F (November 1997). "Comparative gene mapping of the human and mouse TEP1 genes, which encode one protein component of telomerases". Genomics. 46 (1): 46–50. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5005. PMID 9403057.
  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: TEP1 telomerase-associated protein 1".

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