nesp55 gene

Introduction

Bicistronic gene which also produces the ALEX protein from an overlapping reading frame. The GNAS locus is imprinted in a complex manner, giving rise to distinct paternally, maternally & biallelically expressed proteins.

• XLas isoforms are paternally derived
• Gnas isoforms are biallelically derived
• Nesp55 isoforms are maternally derived

More general terms

• unclassified gene

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/139320