Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L15

MRPL15
Identifiers
AliasesMRPL15, L15mt, MRP-L15, MRP-L7, RPML7, HSPC145, mitochondrial ribosomal protein L15
External IDsOMIM: 611828; MGI: 1351639; GeneCards: MRPL15
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Orthologs
DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_014175

NM_001177658
NM_025300

RefSeq (protein)

NP_054894

NP_001171129
NP_079576

Location (UCSC)Chr 8: 54.14 – 54.15 MbChr 1: 4.84 – 4.86 Mb
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39S ribosomal protein L15, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPL15 gene.

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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000137547 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000033845 – 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. ↑ 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.
  6. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: MRPL15 mitochondrial ribosomal protein L15".

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