This gene may represent a processed pseudogene of DPH3, GeneID: 285381, because it lacks the exon/intron structure found in the functional gene. However, it does contain an intact open reading frame and it has not been established that the predicted protein is not translated. The NCBI RefSeq Project continues to treat this as a protein coding gene in agreement with the HGNC and Swiss-Prot. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2009]. Sequence Note: The RefSeq transcript and protein were derived from genomic sequence to make the sequence consistent with the reference genome assembly. The genomic coordinates used for the transcript record were based on alignments.