MRPL15

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Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L15
Identifiers
SymbolsMRPL15; L15mt; MRP-L15; MRP-L7; RPML7
External IDsOMIM: 611828 HomoloGene: 32210 GeneCards: MRPL15 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez2908827395
EnsemblENSG00000137547ENSMUSG00000033845
UniProtQ9P015Q9CPR5
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_014175NM_001177658
RefSeq (protein)NP_054894NP_001171129
Location (UCSC)Chr 8:
55.05 – 55.06 Mb
Chr 1:
4.77 – 4.79 Mb
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39S ribosomal protein L15, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPL15 gene.[1][2]

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 39S subunit protein that belongs to the EcoL15 ribosomal protein family. A pseudogene corresponding to this gene is found on chromosome 15q.[2]

References

  1. Kenmochi N, Suzuki T, Uechi T, Magoori M, Kuniba M, Higa S, Watanabe K, Tanaka T (Sep 2001). "The human mitochondrial ribosomal protein genes: mapping of 54 genes to the chromosomes and implications for human disorders". Genomics 77 (1–2): 65–70. doi:10.1006/geno.2001.6622. PMID 11543634. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: MRPL15 mitochondrial ribosomal protein L15". 

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