MRPL55
Sign in to saveAlso known as AAVG5835, L55nt, MRP-L55, PRO19675, mitochondrial ribosomal protein L55
39S ribosomal protein L55, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPL55 gene.
Gene data
MRPL55- Name
- mitochondrial ribosomal protein L55
- Type
- protein-coding
- Aliases
- AAVG5835, L55nt, MRP-L55, PRO19675, bL31m
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. Multiple transcript variants encoding two different isoforms were identified through sequence analysis. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
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mitochondrial ribosomal protein L55
- Symbol
- MRPL55
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 1:228,105,949-228,109,358
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
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- HomoloGene ID
- 12098
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/128308
- genomic end
- 228297013
- genomic start
- 228294380
- cytogenetic location
- 1q42.13
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39S ribosomal protein L55, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPL55 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. Multiple transcript variants encoding two different isoforms were identified through sequence analysis.