MT-RNR2
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| mitochondrially encoded 16S RNA | |||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | MT-RNR2 | ||||||
| Alt. symbols | MTRNR2 | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 4550 | ||||||
| HGNC | 7471 | ||||||
| UniProt | Q8IVG9 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Locus | Chr. MT | ||||||
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Mitochondrially encoded 16S RNA (often abbreviated as 16S) is the mitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA[1][2] that in humans is encoded by the MT-RNR2 gene. The MT-RNR2 gene also encodes the Humanin polypeptide that has been the target of Alzheimer's disease research.[3]
The 16S rRNA is the mitochondrial homologue of the prokaryotic 23S and eukaryotic nuclear 28S ribosomal RNAs.[4]
