UPF1 UPF1 RNA helicase and ATPase

Gene ID: 5976, updated on 19-Sep-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: UTF; HUPF1; NORF1; RENT1; smg-2; pNORF1

Summary

This gene encodes a protein that is part of a post-splicing multiprotein complex involved in both mRNA nuclear export and mRNA surveillance. mRNA surveillance detects exported mRNAs with truncated open reading frames and initiates nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). When translation ends upstream from the last exon-exon junction, this triggers NMD to degrade mRNAs containing premature stop codons. This protein is located only in the cytoplasm. When translation ends, it interacts with the protein that is a functional homolog of yeast Upf2p to trigger mRNA decapping. Use of multiple polyadenylation sites has been noted for this gene. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2014]

Genomic context

Location:: 19p13.11

Sequence:: Chromosome: 19; NC_000019.10 (18831959..18868230)

Total number of exons:: 25

Genomic Sequence

Go to nucleotideGraphics FASTA GenBank

Variation

Resource	Links for this gene
ClinVar	Variants reported to ClinVar
dbVar	Studies and variants
SNP	Variation Viewer for UPF1 variants
Genome viewer	Explore NCBI-annotated and select non-NCBI annotated genome assemblies

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dbVar
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OMIM
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PubMed (OMIM)
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RefSeq RNAs
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