SELENOS

Gene

selenoprotein S

HGNCHGNC:30396 EnsemblENSG00000131871 NCBI Gene55829

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 15q26.3

Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asVIMP · SELS · MGC2553 · SBBI8 · AD-015 · SEPS1

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Previous symbolsVIMP

Alias symbolsSELS, MGC2553, SBBI8, AD-015, SEPS1

Previous namesVCP-interacting membrane protein, VCP interacting membrane selenoprotein

Alias namesvalosin-containing protein-interacting membrane protein

Associated diseases

via associated_with

Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Immune System Diseases

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Colorectal Neoplasms

Neoplasms

Congenital myasthenic syndromes

Alzheimer's Disease

Parkinson's Disease

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Breast Neoplasms

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

Selenoproteins

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.