Component of the EKC,KEOPS complex that is required for the formation of a threonylcarbamoyl group on adenosine at position 37 (t6A37) in tRNAs that read codons beginning with adenine. The complex is probably involved in the transfer of the threonylcarbamoyl moiety of threonylcarbamoyl-AMP (TC-AMP) to the N6 group of A37. OSGEP likely plays a direct catalytic role in this reaction, but requires other protein(s) of the complex to fulfill this activity.
"Sequencing analysis of a putative human O-sialoglycoprotein endopeptidase gene (OSGEP) and analysis of a bidirectional promoter between the OSGEP and APEX genes."
Seki Y., Ikeda S., Kiyohara H., Ayabe H., Seki T., Matsui H.
Gene 285:101-108(2002)
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