Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L13

MRPL13
Identifiers
AliasesMRPL13, L13, L13A, L13mt, RPL13, RPML13, mitochondrial ribosomal protein L13
External IDsOMIM: 610200; MGI: 2137218; GeneCards: MRPL13
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Orthologs
DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_014078

NM_026759

RefSeq (protein)

NP_054797

NP_081035

Location (UCSC)Chr 8: 120.38 – 120.45 MbChr 15: 55.4 – 55.42 Mb
PubMed search
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Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L13 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPL13 gene.

Function

Mammalian mitochondrial ribosomal proteins are encoded by nuclear genes and play a crucial role in protein synthesis within the mitochondrion. Mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) are composed of a small 28S subunit and a large 39S subunit, with an estimated protein to rRNA composition of 75% with contrasts with prokaryotic ribosomes, where this ratio is reversed. Another distinction between mammalian mitoribosomes and prokaryotic ribosomes is that the latter includes a 5S rRNA. The proteins that make up the mitoribosome vary significantly in sequence, and sometimes in biochemical properties across different species, which prevents easy recognition by sequence homology. This gene encodes a 39S subunit protein.

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000172172 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000022370 – Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ↑ "Entrez Gene: Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L13". Retrieved 2017-07-05.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.