SEPHS1, Official Symbol SEPHS1provided by HGNC Official Full Name selenophosphate synthetase 1provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:19685 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000086475 MIM:600902; AllianceGenome:HGNC:19685 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status REVIEWED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as SPS; SELD; SPS1 Summary This gene encodes an enzyme that synthesizes selenophosphate from selenide and ATP. Selenophosphate is the selenium donor used to synthesize selenocysteine, which is co-translationally incorporated into selenoproteins at in-frame UGA codons. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2010] Expression Ubiquitous expression in thyroid (RPKM 16.5), kidney (RPKM 11.8) and 25 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all