Entrez gene ID | | 63875 |
Official gene symbol | | MRPL17 |
Full name | | mitochondrial ribosomal protein L17 |
Aliases | | ,L17mt,LIP2,MRP-L17,MRP-L26,RPL17L,RPML26, |
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. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 11 Locus: 11p15.5-p15.4 |
Gene position | | 6704632 - 6701616 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 3017 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 611830 |
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