👉 Semigelatinous is a term used in medicine to describe a protein that contains multiple copies of the same gene, but each copy is not identical. This means that there are variations within each gene's coding sequence, resulting in the ability for the protein to have multiple forms with different functions. In the context of semigelatinous proteins, this refers to the presence of multiple copies of a single gene located on chromosome 17q23 in humans. These genes encode for various enzymes
