MRPS6

Mitochondrial ribosomal protein S6
Identifiers
Symbols MRPS6; C21orf101; MRP-S6; RPMS6; S6mt
External IDs OMIM611973 MGI2153111 HomoloGene41871 GeneCards: MRPS6 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 64968 121022
Ensembl ENSG00000243927 ENSMUSG00000039680
UniProt P82932 Q3TLQ4
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_032476 NM_080456.1
RefSeq (protein) NP_115865 NP_536704.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 21:
35.45 – 35.52 Mb
Chr 16:
92.06 – 92.11 Mb
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28S ribosomal protein S6, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPS6 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 S6P family. Pseudogenes corresponding to this gene are found on chromosomes 1p and 12q.[1]

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