Mitochondrial ribosomal protein L37

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

39S ribosomal protein L37, mitochondrial is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRPL37 gene.[5][6]

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AliasesMRPL37, L37mt, MRP-L2, MRP-L37, MRPL2, RPML2, mitochondrial ribosomal protein L37, L2mt
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MRPL37
Available structures
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Identifiers
AliasesMRPL37, L37mt, MRP-L2, MRP-L37, MRPL2, RPML2, mitochondrial ribosomal protein L37, L2mt
External IDsOMIM: 611843; MGI: 1926268; HomoloGene: 9536; GeneCards: MRPL37; OMA:MRPL37 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_016491
NM_001330602

NM_025500

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001317531
NP_057575

NP_079776

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 54.18 – 54.23 MbChr 4: 106.91 – 106.92 Mb
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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.[6]

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