DNA dC->dU-editing enzyme APOBEC-3F is a protein that in humans is encoded by the APOBEC3Fgene.[1][2][3]
This gene is a member of the cytidine deaminasegene family. It is one of seven related genes or pseudogenes found in a cluster, thought to result from gene duplication, on chromosome 22. Members of the cluster encode proteins that are structurally and functionally related to the C to U RNA-editing cytidine deaminase APOBEC1. It is thought that the proteins may be RNA editing enzymes and have roles in growth or cell cycle control. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.[3]
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