Gene: SMG6
Alternate names for this Gene: C17orf31|EST1A|SMG-6|hSMG5/7a
Gene Summary: This gene encodes a component of the telomerase ribonucleoprotein complex responsible for the replication and maintenance of chromosome ends. The encoded protein also plays a role in the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway, providing the endonuclease activity near the premature translation termination codon that is needed to initiate NMD. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct protein isoforms have been described.
Gene is located in Chromosome: 17
Location in Chromosome : 17p13.3
Description of this Gene: SMG6 nonsense mediated mRNA decay factor
Type of Gene: protein-coding