List of disabled human pseudogenes

This is a list of human pseudogenes that are known to be disabled genes.

  • WNT3A pseudogene, associated with the growth of a tail[1]
  • NCF1C pseudogene, associated with a type of white blood cell. It makes part of the neutrophil NADPH oxidase enzyme, which makes superoxide anion.[2][3]
  • GULO pseudogene, associated with the production of Vitamin C
  • IRGM pseudogene, associated with the immune system[4]
  • hHaA pseudogene, associated with fur-like body hair:[5] see hypertrichosis
  • DEFT1P pseudogene, associated with the immune system[6]
  • HTR5BP pseudogene, associated with a variant of the 5-HT5 receptor.[7]
  • Urate oxidase pseudogene, associated with the processing of uric acid
  • Photolyase pseudogene, associated with repairing DNA damaged by UV radiation.
    • Photolyase is no longer encoded for despite obvious advantages.[8] Instead, this gene is mutated to encode for cryptochromes.

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