MRPS5

Mitochondrial ribosomal protein S5
Identifiers
Symbols MRPS5; MRP-S5; S5mt
External IDs OMIM611972 MGI1924971 HomoloGene32726 GeneCards: MRPS5 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 64969 77721
Ensembl ENSG00000144029 ENSMUSG00000027374
UniProt P82675 Q3U2U4
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_031902 NM_029963.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_114108 NP_084239.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 2:
95.75 – 95.82 Mb
Chr 2:
127.41 – 127.43 Mb
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28S ribosomal protein S5, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPS5 gene.[1]

Mammalian mitochondrial ribosomal proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and help in protein synthesis within the mitochondrion. Mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) consist of a small 28S subunit and a large 39S subunit. They have an estimated 75% protein to rRNA composition compared to prokaryotic ribosomes, where this ratio is reversed. Another difference between mammalian mitoribosomes and prokaryotic ribosomes is that the latter contain a 5S rRNA. Among different species, the proteins comprising the mitoribosome differ greatly in sequence, and sometimes in biochemical properties, which prevents easy recognition by sequence homology. This gene encodes a 28S subunit protein that belongs to the ribosomal protein S5P family. Pseudogenes corresponding to this gene are found on chromosomes 4q, 5q, and 18q.[1]

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