Entrez gene ID | | 64978 |
Official gene symbol | | MRPL38 |
Full name | | mitochondrial ribosomal protein L38 |
Aliases | | ,FLJ13996,HSPC262,KIAA1863,MGC4810,MRP-L3,RPML3, |
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: 17 Locus: 17q25.3 |
Gene position | | 73901181 - 73894724 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 6458 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 611844 |
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