Entrez gene ID | | 9553 |
Official gene symbol | | MRPL33 |
Full name | | mitochondrial ribosomal protein L33 |
Aliases | | ,C2orf1,L33mt,MGC111093,MGC13694,MGC23922,MRP-L33,RPL33L, |
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. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 2 Locus: 2p21 |
Gene position | | 27994584 - 28002608 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 8025 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 610059 |
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