SETX
Encyclopedia
Probable helicase senataxin is an enzyme
that in humans is encoded by the SETX gene
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Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that catalyze chemical reactions. In enzymatic reactions, the molecules at the beginning of the process, called substrates, are converted into different molecules, called products. Almost all chemical reactions in a biological cell need enzymes in order to occur at rates...
that in humans is encoded by the SETX gene
Gene
A gene is a molecular unit of heredity of a living organism. It is a name given to some stretches of DNA and RNA that code for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. Living beings depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains...
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External links
- GeneReviews/NCBI/NIH/UW entry on Ataxia with Oculomotor Apraxia Type 2
- OMIM entries on Ataxia with Oculomotor Apraxia Type 2