Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L20

MRPL20
Identifiers
AliasesMRPL20, L20mt, MRP-L20, mitochondrial ribosomal protein L20
External IDsOMIM: 611833; MGI: 2137221; GeneCards: MRPL20
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Orthologs
DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_017971
NM_001318485

NM_025570

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001305414
NP_060441

NP_079846

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 1.4 – 1.41 MbChr 4: 155.89 – 155.89 Mb
PubMed search
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39S ribosomal protein L20, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPL20 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. A pseudogene corresponding to this gene is found on chromosome 21q.

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000242485 – Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000029066 – 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. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: MRPL20 mitochondrial ribosomal protein L20".

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