Entrez gene ID | | 51073 |
Official gene symbol | | MRPL4 |
Full name | | mitochondrial ribosomal protein L4 |
Aliases | | ,CGI-28,L4mt,MGC16367,MGC2681, |
Gene summary | | 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. Sequence analysis identified alternatively spliced variants that encode different protein isoforms. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 19 Locus: 19p13.2 |
Gene position | | 10362640 - 10370736 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 8097 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 611823 |